About Time
2013 · Drama · Romance
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Film / 1950
Orpheus
Directed by
Jean Cocteau
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Jean MaraisOrphée
François PérierHeurtebise
María CasaresDeath
Marie DéaEurydice
Henri CrémieuxEditor
Juliette GrécoAglaonice
Roger BlinThe Poet
Édouard DermitheJacques Cégeste
André CarnègeJudge
René WormsJudge
Raymond FaureJournalist
Pierre BertinCommissioner
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Jacques VarennesJudge
Paul AmiotJudge (uncredited)
Philippe BordierYoung Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Claude BorelliUne bacchante (uncredited)
Jean-Louis BrauYoung Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Jean CocteauNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Renée CosimaUne bacchante (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-ValcrozeYoung Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
René LacourtPostman (uncredited)
Julien MaffrePolice Officer (uncredited)
Claude Mauriac(uncredited)
Jean-Pierre MelvilleHotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre MockyBand Leader (uncredited)
Henri San JuanYoung Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Victor TabournotYoung Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
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