Testament of Orpheus
Original title: Le Testament d'Orphée
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An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
Testament of Orpheus cast
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Jean Cocteau
Character:
The Poet
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Edouard Dermithe
Character:
Cégeste
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Henri Crémieux
Character:
The Professor
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François Périer
Character:
Heurtebise
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Claudine Auger
Character:
Minerve
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Françoise Arnoul
Character:
Self (uncredited)
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Lucia Bosè
Character:
Orphée's Friend
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Charles Aznavour
Character:
The Curious Man
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Brigitte Bardot
Character:
Self (uncredited)
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Jean Marais
Character:
Oedipe
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Daniel Gélin
Character:
The Intern (uncredited)
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Françoise Christophe
Character:
The Nurse (uncredited)
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Nicole Courcel
Character:
The Young Mother (uncredited)
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Daniel Moosmann
Character:
2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
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Yul Brynner
Character:
Court Usher (uncredited)
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Pablo Picasso
Character:
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
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Michael Goodliffe
Character:
English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
Character:
Dargelos, the schoolboy
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Alice Sapritch
Character:
Gypsy (uncredited)
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Roger Vadim
Character:
Self (uncredited)
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Françoise Sagan
Character:
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
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Annette Stroyberg
Character:
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
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Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Character:
Gypsy (uncredited)
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María Casares
Character:
The Princess
