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Orpheus · LeviOsa

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1950·NR

RomanceFantasyDrama1h 35m

🍅97%

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97%

Tomatometer

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89%

Popcornmeter

7.7

TMDB

Storyline

A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.

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Three Reasons: Orpheus

Three Reasons: Orpheus

Details

DirectorJean Cocteau

ReleasedSep 29, 1950

StatusReleased

Original languageFrench

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNRUS

Studios

Films du Palais RoyalAndre Paulve Film

Cast

Jean Marais

Jean Marais

Orphée

François Périer

François Périer

Heurtebise

María Casares

María Casares

Death

Marie Déa

Marie Déa

Eurydice

Henri Crémieux

Henri Crémieux

Editor

Juliette Gréco

Juliette Gréco

Aglaonice

Roger Blin

Roger Blin

The Poet

Édouard Dermithe

Édouard Dermithe

Jacques Cégeste

André Carnège

André Carnège

Judge

René Worms

Judge

Raymond Faure

Journalist

Pierre Bertin

Pierre Bertin

Commissioner

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Artify

Reviews

9 reviews · 7 critics · 1 fan

8 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Heavy with symbolism and deliberately paced, Orpheus may not be for everyone -- but as an example of Jean Cocteau's eccentric genius, it's all but impossible not to recommend.”

97% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Peter Bradshaw

RTGuardianOct 18, 2018

It has the mystery and elasticity of a dream, and all the farcical comic horror of chancing across the intricate contents of the Blessed Virgin's lingerie collection.

V

Variety Staff

RTVarietyMar 26, 2009

Jean Cocteau's scripting and directing give the film its proper key of unworldliness.

D

David Parkinson

RTEmpire MagazineApr 1, 2006

Cocteau's visual imagination, leading us through mirrors into a bomb-scarred dreamworld governed by the femme fatale of Death, is enduringly magical and strongly cinematic.

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Eddie Harrison

RTfilm-authority.comJan 23, 2024

...this sublime original offers mystery and magic in gloopy, ric, black and white images that feel like the fevered opium dream of their esteemed creator...

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Information

Title

Orpheus

Released

Sep 29, 1950

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

France

Original Audio

French

Runtime

1h 35m

Status

Released

Studios

Films du Palais Royal, Andre Paulve Film

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