Movie
Orpheus
Released: September 29, 1950 (1950)
Runtime: 95 minutes
Genres: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- André Carnège as Judge
Age at release: 59
- Henri Crémieux as Editor
Age at release: 54
- Roger Blin as The Poet
Age at release: 43
- Marie Déa as Eurydice
Age at release: 38
- Jean Marais as Orphée
Age at release: 36
- François Périer as Heurtebise
Age at release: 30
- María Casares as Death
Age at release: 27
- Juliette Gréco as Aglaonice
Age at release: 23
- Edouard Dermithe as Jacques Cégeste
Age at release: Unknown
- René Worms as Judge
Age at release: Unknown
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- Paul Amiot as Judge (uncredited)
Age at release: 64
- Pierre Bertin as Commissioner
Age at release: 58
- Jacques Varennes as Judge
Age at release: 55
- Julien Maffre as Police Officer (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
- René Lacourt as Postman (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Age at release: 30
- Renée Cosima as Une bacchante (uncredited)
Age at release: 28
- Claude Borelli as Une bacchante (uncredited)
Age at release: 16
- Raymond Faure as Journalist
Age at release: Unknown
- Philippe Bordier as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Jean-Louis Brau as Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Henri San Juan as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Victor Tabournot as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown