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Testament of Orpheus

  • February 1960
  • 1hr

    20mins

  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Jean Cocteau,

    Starring

    Edouard Dermithe,

    Henri Crémieux,

    François Périer,

    Claudine Auger

    ...

    Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet's heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption.