Testament of Orpheus
1960-02-18 | 80 minutes
Plot Summary
Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet's heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption.
Cast
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Jean CocteauThe Poet
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Edouard DermitheCégeste
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Henri CrémieuxThe Professor
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François PérierHeurtebise
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Claudine AugerMinerve
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Françoise ArnoulSelf (uncredited)
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Lucia BosèOrphée's Friend
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Charles AznavourThe Curious Man
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Brigitte BardotSelf (uncredited)
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Jean MaraisOedipe
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Daniel GélinThe Intern (uncredited)
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Françoise ChristopheThe Nurse (uncredited)
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Nicole CourcelThe Young Mother (uncredited)
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Daniel Moosmann2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
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Yul BrynnerCourt Usher (uncredited)
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Pablo PicassoA friend of Orphée (uncredited)
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Michael GoodliffeEnglish Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Jean-Pierre LéaudDargelos, the schoolboy
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Alice SapritchGypsy (uncredited)
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Roger VadimSelf (uncredited)
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