Orpheus
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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1950
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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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Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
29 Sep 1950
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Jean Cocteau's scripting and directing give the film its proper key of unworldliness.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Somnambulistic symbolism may be art for art's sake. Maybe not. This writer finds it slightly tiresome.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
Its tight cross-lacing of paranoid dreaming and poetic realism grips like a bondage corset.
– Raymond Durgnat,
Time Out,
11 Feb 2006
fresh:
Cocteau's film technique is as eccentrically sui generis as ever -- his apparent mistakes are often among his most expressive moments.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Seeing Orpheus today is like glimpsing a cinematic realm that has passed completely from the scene.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000