Testament of Orpheus
Le Testament d'Orphée
1960 · 1h 20m · 7.6
Fantasy
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.
Jean Cocteau, Édouard Dermithe, Henri Crémieux, François Périer, Claudine Auger, Françoise Arnoul, Lucia Bosè, Charles Aznavour, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Marais
poet, biography, death, orpheus