Cast

J
Jean Marais
as Orphée
F
François Périer
as Heurtebise
M
María Casares
as Death
M
Marie Déa
as Eurydice
H
Henri Crémieux
as Editor
J
Juliette Gréco
as Aglaonice
R
Roger Blin
as The Poet
E
Edouard Dermithe
as Jacques Cégeste
A
André Carnège
as Judge
R
René Worms
as Judge
R
Raymond Faure
as Journalist
P
Pierre Bertin
as Commissioner
J
Jacques Varennes
as Judge
P
Paul Amiot
as Judge (uncredited)
P
Philippe Bordier
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
C
Claude Borelli
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
J
Jean-Louis Brau
as Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
J
Jean Cocteau
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
R
Renée Cosima
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
J
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
R
René Lacourt
as Postman (uncredited)
J
Julien Maffre
as Police Officer (uncredited)
C
Claude Mauriac
as (uncredited)
J
Jean-Pierre Melville
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
J
Jean-Pierre Mocky
as Band Leader (uncredited)
H
Henri San Juan
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
V
Victor Tabournot
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Crew

J
Jean Cocteau
Director
N
Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography
G
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
J
Jean Cocteau
Writer
A
André Paulvé
Executive Producer
J
Jacqueline Sadoul
Editor
J
Jean-André d'Eaubonne
Production Design
A
Albert Volper
Art Direction
M
Marcel Escoffier
Costume Design
A
Alexandre Marcus
Makeup Artist
Ã
Émile Darbon
Production Manager
J
Jean-Marie Loutrel
Unit Production Manager
C
Claude Pinoteau
Assistant Director
P
Pierre-Louis Calvet
Sound

The Orphic Trilogy

Decadent, subversive, and bristling with artistic invention, the myth-born cinema of Jean Cocteau disturbs as much as it charms. Cocteau was the most versatile of artists in prewar Paris. Poet, novelist, playwright, painter, celebrity, and maker of cinema—his many talents converged in bold, dreamlike films that continue to enthrall audiences around the world. In "The Blood of a Poet," "Orpheus," and "Testament of Orpheus," Cocteau utilizes the Orphic myth to explore the complex relationships between the artist and his creations, reality and the imagination.