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Testament of Orpheus is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jean Cocteau released in USA on 9 april 1962 with Jean Cocteau
Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Le Testament d'Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi !
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Add to a movie listTestament of Orpheus (French: Le testament d'Orphée) is a 1960 film directed by and starring Jean Cocteau. It is considered the final part of the Orphic Trilogy, following The Blood of a Poet (1930) and Orphée (1950). In the cast are Charles Aznavour, Lucia Bosé, María Casares, Nicole Courcel, Luis Miguel Dominguín, Daniel Gélin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Serge Lifar, Jean Marais, François Périer and Françoise Sagan.
It also includes cameo appearances by Pablo Picasso and Yul Brynner. The film is in black-and-white, with just a few seconds of color film spliced in.
Synopsis
Mort et résurrection du poète. Frappé par une balle, le poète Jean Cocteau rebondit dans un autre temps. Vie et mort, présent et futur, monstres et imagination, angoisses et fantasmes, c'est le testament du poète cinéaste, sa biographie sans aucun souci de chronologie. Jean Cocteau y tient le rôle principal.Actors
Jean Cocteau
(The Poet)
Yul Brynner
(Court Usher (uncredited))
Jean Marais
(Oedipe)
Françoise Arnoul
(Self (uncredited))
Claudine Auger
(Minerve)
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