---
title: 'Testament of Orpheus (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean Cocteau'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/testament-of-orpheus-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054377/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Testament of Orpheus (1960)

1960 · 81 min · Drama, Fantasy · France

Original title: Le Testament d'Orphée
Part of: The Orphic Trilogy

## Synopsis

Testament of Orpheus is a 1960 black-and-white film with a few seconds of color film spliced into it. Directed by and starring Jean Cocteau, who plays himself as an 18th-century poet, the film includes cameo appearances by Pablo Picasso, Jean Marais, Charles Aznavour, Jean-Pierre Leaud, and Yul Brynner. It is considered the final part of The Orphic Trilogy, following The Blood of a Poet (1930) and Orphée (1950).

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-josephe-yoyotte)
- **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:** [Jean Thuillier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-thuillier)

## Cast

- [Lucia Bose](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucia-bose)
- [Jean-Pierre Léaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-leaud)
- [Alice Sapritch](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-sapritch)
- [Pablo Picasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/pablo-picasso)
- [Françoise Christophe](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-christophe)
- [Edouard Dermit](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-dermit)
- [Claudine Auger](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudine-auger)
- [Yul Brynner](https://cinepixo.com/people/yul-brynner)
- [Brigitte Bardot](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-bardot)
- [Serge Lifar](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-lifar)
- [María Casares](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-casares)
- [Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-josephe-yoyotte)
- [Jean Marais](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marais)
- [Charles Aznavour](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-aznavour)
- [Annette Vadim](https://cinepixo.com/people/annette-vadim)

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