poster

1960

(02/18/1960) (FR)

Fantasy,

1h 20m

76

User Score

Overview

An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.

1960

76

User Score

(02/18/1960) (FR)

Fantasy,

1h 20m

Overview

An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.

Cast

Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

The Poet

Henri Crémieux

Henri Crémieux

The Professor

Françoise Arnoul

Françoise Arnoul

Self (uncredited)

Lucia Bosè

Lucia Bosè

Orphée's Friend

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

The Curious Man

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot

Self (uncredited)

Daniel Gélin

Daniel Gélin

The Intern (uncredited)

Françoise Christophe

Françoise Christophe

The Nurse (uncredited)

Nicole Courcel

Nicole Courcel

The Young Mother (uncredited)

Daniel Moosmann

Daniel Moosmann

2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)

Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

Court Usher (uncredited)

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Dargelos, the schoolboy

Alice Sapritch

Alice Sapritch

Gypsy (uncredited)

Roger Vadim

Roger Vadim

Self (uncredited)