Testament of Orpheus

1960    80m    Not Rated
7.289%82%77%
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).
Directed By
Jean Cocteau
Written By
Jean Cocteau
Studio
Les Editions Cinégraphiques, Cinédis
Cast of Testament of Orpheus
  • Jean CocteauThe Poet
  • Edouard DermitheCégeste
  • Henri CrémieuxThe Professor
  • François PérierHeurtebise
  • Claudine AugerMinerve
  • Françoise ArnoulSelf (uncredited)
  • Lucía BosèOrphée'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 SapritchGypsy (uncredited)
  • Roger VadimSelf (uncredited)
  • Françoise SaganA friend of Orphée (uncredited)
  • Annette StroybergA friend of Orphée (uncredited)
  • Marie-Josèphe YoyotteGypsy (uncredited)
  • María CasaresThe Princess
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