The Testament of Orpheus
Summary:
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 L... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Jean Cocteau - (Himself, the Poet)
Yul Brynner - (The Court Usher)
Edouard Dermit - (Cegeste)
Henri Cremieux - (The Professor)
Maria Casarés - (The Princess)
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Review:
The third film in Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy, The Testament of Orpheus followed The Blood of a Poet (1932) and Orphée (1949) as a fitting tribute to Cocteau's lifelong obsession with the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as well as the continual presence of Death (moving about the world of the living through mirrors), personified in... Continue >>
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