Testament of Orpheus
1960 · 77 min
Not Rated7.283%86%75%
Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet's heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption. This film is the third part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).
Cast of Testament of Orpheus
Jean CocteauSelf, the Poet
Edouard DermitheCégeste
Henri CrémieuxThe Professor
François PérierHeurtebise
Claudine AugerMinerve
Françoise ArnoulSelf (uncredited)
Lucía BoséOrphée's Friend
Charles AznavourThe Curious Man
Brigitte BardotSelf (uncredited)
Jean MaraisOedipe
Daniel GélinThe intern (uncredited)
Françoise ChristopheThe Nurse (uncredited)
Nicole CourcelThe Young Mother (uncredited)
Daniel Moosmann2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
Yul BrynnerCourt usher (uncredited)
Pablo PicassoA friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Michael GoodliffeEnglish Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre LéaudDargelos, the schoolboy
Alice SapritchGipsy (uncredited)
Roger VadimSelf (uncredited)
Françoise SaganA friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Annette StroybergA friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Marie-Josèphe YoyotteGipsy (uncredited)
María CasaresThe Princess