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Orphée is a 1950 French fantasy drama film directed by Jean Cocteau, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie features Jean Marais, François Périer, Juliette Gréco, and María Casares in the cast. It was produced by André Paulvé with music by Georges Auric. The narrative is set in Paris, where filming also took place. The film is presented in black-and-white with an Academy ratio aspect ratio.
The work depicts homoeroticism and centers on the subject of Orpheus. It is part of The Orphic Trilogy and relates to Greek mythology. The film has received review scores of 97% and 9.5 out of 10. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.8 and a TMDb vote average of 7.6. The runtime is listed as 95 minutes on TMDb and 112 minutes on IMDb. It was released in France on dates including January 1, March 1, September 7, and September 29, 1950.
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7.6A 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 Marais as Orphée
- François Périer as Heurtebise
- María Casares as Death
- Marie Déa as Eurydice
- Henri Crémieux as Editor
- Juliette Gréco as Aglaonice
Themes
- paris, france
- mythology
- poet
- greek mythology
- romantic poet
- orpheus
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- Orpheus
- Depicts
- homoeroticism
- Director
- Jean Cocteau
- Screenwriter
- Jean Cocteau
- Composer
- Georges Auric
- Producer
- André Paulvé
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Filming location
- Paris
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 834542
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- publication date
- 1950-11-29
- title
- Orphée
- color
- black-and-white
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 9.5/10
- different from
- Orpheus
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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