Jean Cocteau’s film Orphée
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Jean Cocteau’s film *Orphée* is a 1950 French cinematic reinterpretation of the Orpheus myth that blends surrealist imagery, poetic dialogue, and modern settings to explore themes of death, art, and the subconscious.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean Cocteau’s film Orphée canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Orpheus myth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | DisCina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Testament of Orpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Blood of a Poet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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fantasy ⓘ surrealist cinema ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later cinematic adaptations of the Orpheus myth
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surrealist and experimental filmmakers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art
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death ⓘ fame ⓘ love ⓘ poetry ⓘ the afterlife ⓘ the subconscious ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eurydice
NERFINISHED
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Heurtebise NERFINISHED ⓘ Orphée NERFINISHED ⓘ the Princess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
French avant-garde cinema
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French poetic cinema ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mirror-as-portal visual effects
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radio messages from the beyond ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Jean Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
François Périer
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Jean Marais NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Déa NERFINISHED ⓘ María Casares NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Films de la Pléiade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1950 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| setting | postwar Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | contemporary 1950s France ⓘ |
| usesElement |
modernized mythological motifs
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poetic dialogue ⓘ surrealist imagery ⓘ |
| writer | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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