Testament of Orpheus
1960·Movie
·1h 20min·
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An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
Surrealist PoetryFrench Avant-GardePhilosophical AllegorySymbolic DreamscapeArt and ExistenceVisually StrikingMyth and RebirthExperimental CinemaSpiritual Quest
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Directed by:
Jean Cocteau, Francis Caillaud
Written by:
Jean Cocteau
Produced by:
François Truffaut, Irénée Leriche, Jean Thuillier
Composed by:
René Sarazin, Pierre-André Bertrand