Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Le Testament d'Orphée (original title)
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An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
Cast: Jean Cocteau, Édouard Dermithe, Henri Crémieux, François Périer, Claudine Auger, Françoise Arnoul, Lucia Bosè, Charles Aznavour, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Marais, Daniel Gélin, Françoise Christophe, Nicole Courcel, Daniel Moosmann, Yul Brynner, Pablo Picasso, Michael Goodliffe, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Alice Sapritch, Roger Vadim
Writer: Jean Cocteau (Writer)
Cinematographer: Roland Pontoizeau
Production Designer: Pierre Guffroy
Editor: Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Sound Designer: Pierre-André Bertrand, René Sarazin
Composer: Georges Auric
Costume Designer: Janine Janet, Balenciaga
Direction team: Francis Caillaud (Assistant Director)
Producers: Jean Thuillier, François Truffaut
Production: Les Editions Cinégraphiques, Cinédis
