Orpheus
- Original title
- Orphée (Orpheus)
- Year
- 1950
- Running time
- 112 min.
- Country
- France
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
- Music
- Cinematography
- Nicolas Hayer (B&W)
- Producer
- Genre
- Fantasy. Drama. Romance | Surrealism
- Movie Groups
- Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy
- Synopsis
- Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). They fall in love. Orphee's wife, Eurydice, is killed by the Princess' henchmen and Orphee goes after her into the Underworld. Although they have become dangerously entangled, the Princess sends Orphee back out of the Underworld, to carry on his life with Eurydice.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1950: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film
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