The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
- Starring:
- Jean Cocteau, Yul Brynner, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jean Cocteau
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Testament of Orpheus
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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 80 mins
Complete Cast of The Testament of Orpheus
- Jean Cocteau - Himself, the Poet
- Edouard Dermit - Cegeste
- Maria Casarés - The Princess
- François Perier - Heurtebise
- Francoise Sagan - Herself
- Henry Torres - The Master of Ceremonies
- Roger Vadim
- Charles Aznavour - Himself
- Alice Sapritch
- Jean Marais - Oedipus
- Brigitte Bardot - Herself
- Françoise Christophe - The Nurse
- Daniel Gélin - The Intern
- Yul Brynner - The Court Usher
- Henri Cremieux - The Professor
- Luis Miguel Dominguin
- Jean-Pierre Léaud - The Schoolboy
- Françoise Arnoul
- Marie-Josephe Yoyotte - Gypsy
- Jean-Claude Petit - 2nd Man-Dog
- Annette Vadim
- Pablo Picasso - Himself
- Claudine Auger - Minerva
- Lucia Bosé
- Nicole Courcel - The Young Mother
- Michael Goodliffe - English Narrator
- Director(s):
- Jean Cocteau
- Writer(s):
- Jean Cocteau
- Producer(s):
- Jean Thuillier
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- Special Interest
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