Feb 18, 1960
80 min
Full-HD

Testament of Orpheus (1960)

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. This film is the third part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).

Category

Fantasy Drama

Country

France

Companies

Les Editions Cinégraphiques Cinédis

Jean Cocteau

The Poet

Edouard Dermithe

Cégeste

Henri Crémieux

The Professor

François Périer

Heurtebise

Claudine Auger

Minerve

Françoise Arnoul

Self (uncredited)

Lucía Bosè

Orphée's Friend

Charles Aznavour

The Curious Man

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