Genres

Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Music

Duration

88 min

Director

Horst Bonnet

Rating

6.0

Release Date

February 7, 1974

Orpheus in the Underworld

Original title: Orpheus in der Unterwelt

Synopsis

This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.