Orpheus

1950 · Orphée

Directed by

Jean Cocteau

Starring

Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares

Runtime

1h 35m

Country

USA

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.