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Le Testament d'Orphée

Directed by Jean Cocteau

Fantasy

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.

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The Poet

Edouard Dermithe

Cégeste

Henri Crémieux

The Professor

François Périer

Heurtebise

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Writer

Producer

Roland Pontoizeau

Director of Photography

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Claudine Auger

Minerve

Françoise Arnoul

Self (uncredited)

Orphée's Friend

Charles Aznavour

The Curious Man

Brigitte Bardot

Self (uncredited)

Oedipe

The Intern (uncredited)

Françoise Christophe

The Nurse (uncredited)

The Young Mother (uncredited)

Daniel Moosmann

2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)

Court Usher (uncredited)

A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

Michael Goodliffe

English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Dargelos, the schoolboy

Gypsy (uncredited)

Self (uncredited)

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What is Le Testament d'Orphée about?

Le Testament d'Orphée is about 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.

Who directed Le Testament d'Orphée?

Jean Cocteau directed Le Testament d'Orphée.

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