Fantasy
Testament of Orpheus
User Score123 votes
77%7.7/10
Release1960→
Runtime1H 20M
LanguageFrench
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Jean Cocteau
The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
Cégeste
Henri Crémieux
The Professor
François Périer
Heurtebise
Claudine Auger
Minerve
Françoise Arnoul
Self (uncredited)
Lucia Bosè
Orphée's Friend
Charles Aznavour
The Curious Man
Media17
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Posters
Director
Jean Cocteau
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Keywords
poetbiographydeathorpheus
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The Orphic Trilogy
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Countries:France
Production:Les Editions CinégraphiquesCinédis