Orpheus
1950·Movie
·1h 35min·
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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.
Poetic AllegorySurrealist FantasyMyth and MortalityExistential AngstVisually StrikingSymbolic StorytellingFrench New Wave InfluenceClassical Retelling
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Directed by:
Claude Pinoteau, Jean Cocteau
Written by:
Jean Cocteau
Produced by:
André Paulvé, Émile Darbon, Jean-Marie Loutrel
Composed by:
Georges Auric, Pierre-Louis Calvet, Jacques Météhen
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