Le Testament d'Orphée (1960)
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In his final film, Jean Cocteau brilliantly evokes memories of his past triumphs, Blood of a Poet (1930) and Orpheus (1949). Cocteau casts himself as an aging poet who knows he is dying (as indeed he was); his greatest desire is to be reborn so that he can qualify for celestial immortality. The… More In his final film, Jean Cocteau brilliantly evokes memories of his past triumphs, Blood of a Poet (1930) and Orpheus (1949). Cocteau casts himself as an aging poet who knows he is dying (as indeed he was); his greatest desire is to be reborn so that he can qualify for celestial immortality. The stellar cast includes such French film favorites as Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean Marais, and François Perier, along with Hollywood's Yul Brynner and such Cocteau friends and admirers as Pablo Picasso, singer Charles Aznavour, and bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguen. Given the influence Cocteau's influence over the French New Wave directors of the 1950s and 1960s, it is altogether appropriate that the producer of Testament of Orpheus was François Truffaut. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jean Cocteau
- Genres
- Drama, Special Interest
Unrated,
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Cast
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Jean Cocteau
as Himself the Poet
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Yul Brynner
as The Court Usher
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Edouard Dermit
as Cegeste
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Henri Crémieux
as The Professor
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María Casares
as The Princess
- Luis Miguel Dominguin
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François Périer
as Heurtebise
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
as The Schoolboy
- Françoise Arnoul
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Claudine Auger
as Minerva
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Brigitte Bardot
as Herself
- Lucia Bosé
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Françoise Christophe
as The Nurse
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Nicole Courcel
as The Young Mother
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Daniel Gélin
as The Intern
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Michael Goodliffe
as English Narrator
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Jean Marais
as Oedipus
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Pablo Picasso
as Himself
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Françoise Sagan
as Herself
- Alice Sapritch
- Annette Vadim
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Charles Aznavour
as Himself
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Jean-Claude Petit
as 2nd Man-Dog
- Roger Vadim
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Marie-Josephe Yoyotte
as Gypsy
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Henry Torres
as The Master of Ceremonies
