Movie · 1950
Orpheus
Released 29 September 1950 95 min Romance / Fantasy / Drama More from 1950 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
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How old were they?
Paul Amiot
as Judge (uncredited)
André Carnège
as Judge
Pierre Bertin
as Commissioner
Jacques Varennes
as Judge
Henri Crémieux
as Editor
Roger Blin
as The Poet
Marie Déa
as Eurydice
Jean Marais
as Orphée
François Périer
as Heurtebise
María Casares
as Death
Édouard Dermithe
as Jacques Cégeste
Juliette Gréco
as Aglaonice
Jean-Pierre Mocky
as Band Leader (uncredited)
René Worms
as Judge
Raymond Faure
as Journalist
Philippe Bordier
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
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The numbers
43years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Paul Amiot — oldest on the call sheet
21Jean-Pierre Mocky — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast