Orphée

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Orphée is a 1950 French fantasy film by Jean Cocteau that reimagines the Orpheus myth in a surreal, modern setting.

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Orphée canonical 2
Orphée (1950 film) 1
Orphée (Cocteau collaboration) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French film
film
surrealist film
basedOn Greek mythology
Orpheus myth NERFINISHED
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Nicolas Hayer NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
director Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED
distributor DisCina NERFINISHED
editedBy Jacqueline Sadoul NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Studios de Boulogne NERFINISHED
followedBy Le Testament d’Orphée NERFINISHED
genre drama film
fantasy film
surrealist film
mainCharacter Eurydice NERFINISHED
Heurtebise NERFINISHED
La Princesse NERFINISHED
Orphée NERFINISHED
musicBy Georges Auric NERFINISHED
narrativeDevice mirrors as portals to the underworld
notableFor modern reimagining of the Orpheus myth
use of practical visual effects
originalLanguage French
partOf Jean Cocteau Orphic Trilogy NERFINISHED
precededBy Le Sang d’un poète NERFINISHED
producer André Paulvé NERFINISHED
productionCompany Films de la Pléiade NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1950-09-29
releaseYear 1950
runtimeMinutes 95
screenwriter Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED
setInLocation Paris NERFINISHED
setInPeriod contemporary postwar France
starredActor François Périer NERFINISHED
Françoise Arnoul NERFINISHED
Jean Marais NERFINISHED
Marie Déa NERFINISHED
María Casares NERFINISHED
theme afterlife
artistic inspiration
death
love
poetry
title Orphée NERFINISHED
writer Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED

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Jean Cocteau notableWork Orphée
Jean Marais notableWork Orphée
Jean Marais notableWork Orphée
this entity surface form: Orphée (Cocteau collaboration)
Jean Marais notableWork Orphée
this entity surface form: Orphée (film)
Jean Marais notableWork Orphée
this entity surface form: Orphée (1950 film)