Le Testament d’Orphée
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Le Testament d’Orphée is a 1960 avant-garde French film, written, directed by, and starring Jean Cocteau, that serves as his surreal, self-reflective cinematic farewell.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Testament d’Orphée canonical | 2 |
| Le Testament d’Orphée (1960 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8107224 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Testament d’Orphée Context triple: [Jean Cocteau, notableWork, Le Testament d’Orphée]
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A.
Orphée et Eurydice
Orphée et Eurydice is a renowned opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and celebrated for its reformist, emotionally direct style.
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B.
Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld
Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld is a celebrated 19th-century painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot depicting the mythological moment when Orpheus attempts to guide his wife Eurydice out of Hades.
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The Mask of Orpheus
The Mask of Orpheus is a landmark 20th-century opera by Harrison Birtwistle, renowned for its complex structure, mythic subject matter, and innovative musical language.
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D.
Sonnets to Orpheus
Sonnets to Orpheus is a celebrated cycle of 55 sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke that meditates on art, death, and transformation through the mythic figure of Orpheus.
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E.
Fields of Asphodel
Fields of Asphodel is a region of the Greek underworld where the ordinary dead wander in a shadowy, neutral afterlife, distinct from both the torments of Tartarus and the rewards of Elysium.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Testament d’Orphée Target entity description: Le Testament d’Orphée is a 1960 avant-garde French film, written, directed by, and starring Jean Cocteau, that serves as his surreal, self-reflective cinematic farewell.
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A.
Orphée et Eurydice
Orphée et Eurydice is a renowned opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and celebrated for its reformist, emotionally direct style.
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B.
Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld
Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld is a celebrated 19th-century painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot depicting the mythological moment when Orpheus attempts to guide his wife Eurydice out of Hades.
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C.
The Mask of Orpheus
The Mask of Orpheus is a landmark 20th-century opera by Harrison Birtwistle, renowned for its complex structure, mythic subject matter, and innovative musical language.
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D.
Sonnets to Orpheus
Sonnets to Orpheus is a celebrated cycle of 55 sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke that meditates on art, death, and transformation through the mythic figure of Orpheus.
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E.
Fields of Asphodel
Fields of Asphodel is a region of the Greek underworld where the ordinary dead wander in a shadowy, neutral afterlife, distinct from both the torments of Tartarus and the rewards of Elysium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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avant-garde film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Le Testament d’Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Roland Pontoizeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts | journey through time and death ⓘ |
| director | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Louisette Hautecoeur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCameo |
Charles Aznavour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean Marais NERFINISHED ⓘ Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED ⓘ Yul Brynner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | poet played by Jean Cocteau ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
France
NERFINISHED
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Les Baux-de-Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Orphée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde
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fantasy film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| hasSurrealElements | true ⓘ |
| hasTagline | ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art and mortality
ⓘ
myth of Orpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ self-reflexive cinema ⓘ |
| isAutobiographical | true ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| isDirectorFinalFilm | true ⓘ |
| movement | French avant-garde cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Testament d’Orphée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Jean Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Orphic Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededInSeriesBy | Orphée NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | none ⓘ |
| producedBy |
André Paulvé
NERFINISHED
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Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | critical studies on Jean Cocteau’s cinema ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Testament of Orpheus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Le Testament d’Orphée Description of subject: Le Testament d’Orphée is a 1960 avant-garde French film, written, directed by, and starring Jean Cocteau, that serves as his surreal, self-reflective cinematic farewell.
Referenced by (3)
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Le Testament d’Orphée (1960 film)