--- title: 'Orpheus (1950)' type: 'film' director: 'Jean Cocteau' released: '1950-01-01' runtime_minutes: 95 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Fantasy' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/orpheus-1950' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041719/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Orpheus (1950) 1950 · 95 min · Drama, Fantasy · France Original title: Orphée Part of: The Orphic Trilogy ## Synopsis Orpheus is a 1950 French romantic fantasy tragedy film directed by Jean Cocteau and starring Jean Marais. It is the central part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, alongside The Blood of a Poet (1930) and Testament of Orpheus (1960). Set in contemporary Paris, the film is a variation on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and is partially based on Cocteau's 1926 play of the same title. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jean Cocteau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-cocteau) - **Screenplay:** [Jean Cocteau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-cocteau) - **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Auric](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-auric) - **Producer:** [André Paulvé](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-paulve) - **Director of Photography:** [Nicolas Hayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-hayer) ## Cast - [Jean Marais](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marais) - [Henri Crémieux](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-cremieux) - [François Périer](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-perier) - [Jean-Pierre Mocky](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-mocky) - [Pierre Bertin](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-bertin) - [Jacques Varennes](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-varennes) - [Marie Déa](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-dea) - [Roger Blin](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-blin) - [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville) - [María Casares](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-casares) - [Juliette Gréco](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-greco) - [Edouard Dermit](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-dermit) - [René Worms](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-worms) - [Jacques Doniol-Valcroze](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-doniol-valcroze) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/orpheus-1950 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2162087); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.