Orphée (1950)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

Jean Cocteau

Guionista:

Jean Cocteau (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 noviembre 1950 (USA)

Género:

Fantasía | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). They fall in love. Orphee's wife, Eurydice...

Plot Keywords:

Underworld | Poet | Death | Portal | Reporter

Premios:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Truly magical other-worldly French film

Reparto

Jean Marais	...	Orphée
François Périer	...	Heurtebise
María Casares	...	The Princess - Death
Marie Déa	...	Eurydice
Henri Crémieux	...	L'éditeur
Juliette Gréco	...	Aglaonice
Roger Blin	...	The Poet
Edouard Dermithe	...	Jacques Cégeste
René Worms	...	Judge
Raymond Faure
Pierre Bertin	...	Le commissaire
Jacques Varennes	...	Judge
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
André Carnège	...	Judge
Claude Mauriac

También conocida como:

Orpheus (USA)
Orfeo (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

95 min | France:112 min

País:

France

Idioma:

Francés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated

Locaciones de Filmación:

Franstudio, rue Francoeur, Paris 18, Paris, France

Compañía:

Andre Paulve Film

Trivialidades:

During the making of this film, Cocteau was granted the Legion d'Honneur, one of France's highest citizen honors.

Citas:

Heurtebise: I am letting you into the secret of all secrets, mirrors are gates through which death comes and goes. Moreover if you see your whole life in a mirror you will see death at work as you see bees behind the glass in a hive.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Angels in America" (2003)

Truly magical other-worldly French film

There have been many many films with magical or fantastical themes made over the years but there are very few which truly are MAGICAL. This film works even thoughthe director had a low budget and had to make the best of the primitive state of special effects of his day. I wonder what he could have achieved with the digital effects that are available today! This film is fascinating for me (and I know it's not everybody's cup of tea) because it is so different from other films. It is weird but in a poetical way. Somebody wrote 'haunting' in another comment and that word certainly fits very well here. Maria Casares as the Princess of Death is great and the other actors are also good. I must admit I am not very fond of Jean Marais as Orphée, however, which brings my star-rating down I'm afraid from a nine to an eight. He is a bit too whiny for my liking. But still this film is exceptional. And it's out on DVD too now so I shall be replacing my VHS copy soon!