Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus (1962)Cast and Crew

Movie

Cast

J
Jean Cocteau
as The Poet
E
Edouard Dermithe
as Cégeste
H
Henri Crémieux
as The Professor
F
François Périer
as Heurtebise
C
Claudine Auger
as Minerve
F
Françoise Arnoul
as Self (uncredited)
L
Lucia Bosè
as Orphée's Friend
C
Charles Aznavour
as The Curious Man
B
Brigitte Bardot
as Self (uncredited)
J
Jean Marais
as Oedipe
D
Daniel Gélin
as The Intern (uncredited)
F
Françoise Christophe
as The Nurse (uncredited)
N
Nicole Courcel
as The Young Mother (uncredited)
D
Daniel Moosmann
as 2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
Y
Yul Brynner
as Court Usher (uncredited)
P
Pablo Picasso
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
M
Michael Goodliffe
as English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
J
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as Dargelos, the schoolboy
A
Alice Sapritch
as Gypsy (uncredited)
R
Roger Vadim
as Self (uncredited)
F
Françoise Sagan
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
A
Annette Stroyberg
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
M
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
as Gypsy (uncredited)
M
María Casares
as The Princess

Crew

J
Jean Cocteau
Writer
M
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Editor
J
Jean Cocteau
Director
J
Janine Janet
Costume Design
I
Irénée Leriche
Production Manager
P
Pierre-André Bertrand
Sound
P
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
A
Alexandre Marcus
Makeup Artist
R
Roland Pontoizeau
Director of Photography
M
Michel Mombailly
Unit Manager
F
François Truffaut
Associate Producer
R
René Sarazin
Sound
J
Jean Thuillier
Producer
B
Balenciaga
Costume Designer

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.