---
title: 'Orpheus in the Underworld (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Horst Bonnet'
released: '1974-02-07'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/orpheus-in-the-underworld-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192400/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Orpheus in the Underworld (1974)

1974 · 88 min · Music · German Democratic Republic, Germany

Original title: Orpheus in der Unterwelt

## Synopsis

Orpheus in the Underworld, German title: Orpheus in der Unterwelt, is a 1974 musical comedy film directed by Horst Bonnet produced by the DEFA film studio of the East Germany. It is based on the ancient Greek myth about Orpheus and Eurydice and capitalizes on the operetta with the same name by Jacques Offenbach and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux. In particular, it uses Offenbach's music.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Horst Bonnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-bonnet)
- **Screenplay:** [Horst Bonnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-bonnet)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jacques Offenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-offenbach)
- **Director of Photography:** [Otto Hanisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-hanisch)
- **Editor:** [Thea Richter](https://cinepixo.com/people/thea-richter)

## Cast

- [Wolfgang Greese](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-greese)
- [Gerry Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-wolff)
- [Fred Delmare](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-delmare)
- [Werner Senftleben](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-senftleben)
- [Lisa Macheiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-macheiner)
- [Achim Wichert](https://cinepixo.com/people/achim-wichert)
- [Fred Düren](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-duren)
- [Dorit Gäbler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorit-gabler)
- [Helga Piur](https://cinepixo.com/people/helga-piur)
- [Rolf Hoppe](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-hoppe)

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