France,
1950, 95 min
Directed by:
Jean CocteauScreenplay:
Jean CocteauCinematography:
Nicolas HayerComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Juliette Gréco, Roger Blin, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Pierre Bertin (more)VOD (1)
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Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). They fall in love. Orphee's wife, Eurydice, is killed by the Princess' henchmen and Orphee goes after her into the Underworld. Although they have become dangerously entangled, the Princess sends Orphee back out of the Underworld, to carry on his life with Eurydice. (official distributor synopsis)
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