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"Fiction. Fantaisie poétique. Version contemporaine de la légende d'Orphée et d'Eurydice, décrivant l'amour du poète Orphée pour la princesse de la mort qui vit tantôt dans le monde réel tantôt dans le monde de l'imaginaire. Avec Jean Marais, François Périer, Maria Casarès. [SDM]."
"The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice as portrayed by Jean Cocteau."
"Modern account of the Orpheus myth dealing with narcissism and with the portrayal of the poet as one torn between the real world and that of the spirit and imagination."
"Orphée tombe amoureux de la mort, incarnée par une Princesse. Celle-ci tue la femme d'Orphée, Eurydice, par jalousie. Orphée va chercher sa femme dans le monde souterrain."
""Depicts the love of a poet for a princess who travels constantly from this world to the next. A legendary tale in a modern Parisian setting"--Video source book."
"A modern version of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. Death falls in love with Orpheus and Eurydice must sacrifice herself in order to save him."@en
"Depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the deceased through Cocteau's trademark "mirrored portal," in this legendary tale in a modern Parisian setting."
"Poète reconnu de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Orphée est envoûté par une princesse énigmatique qui nest autre que la Mort. Pour elle, il délaisse sa femme Eurydice. Mais la princesse, comprenant limpossibilité de leur amour, rend Orphée à Eurydice avec la complicité de Cégeste et d'un jeune mort : Heurtebise Transposition du mythe célèbre dans le monde moderne."
"A 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau that depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead through Cocteau's famous mirrored portal. Orpheus represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling."
"Based on Cocteau's play, this film is derived from the Orpheus and Eurydice legend, and tells of the lovers' involvement with death, the angel Heurtebise, Cégeste and the Bacchantes."
"Summary: Jean Cocteau's updated version of the Orpheus legend is set in contemporary Paris. The avant garde images used reflect many of Cocteau's own experiences."
"Based on Jean Cocteau's first play, this film is based on the Orpheus legend and Eurydice, their involvement with Death, the angel Heurtebise, Cégeste and Bacchantes."
"Cocteau's major achievement in the cinema is an intensely personal reworking of the Orpheus legend with the poet Orphee in many ways reflecting Cocteau himself. He described the film as the orchestration of a theme which he had played twenty years before in 'Le Sang d'un Poete' on one finger."
"An updating of the Orpheus legend set in contemporary France."@en
"Orphée, poète célèbre mais peu apprécié de ses contemporains, s'éprend de sa "Mort" qui l'entraîne dans l'au-delà. Par jalousie, cette dernière fait mourir Eurydice, épouse d'Orphée, sans avoir reçu la permission. La Mort se sacrifiera pour le poète et le couple retournera à la vie humaine. Avec Jean Marais et Maria Casarès."
"Orphée (Jean Marais), ein begabter Poet, ist mit Eurydike verheiratet. Nachdem ein anderer Poet vor Orphées Augen zu Tode kommt, folgt er einer geheimnisvollen Prinzessin durch einen Spiegel hinab ins Totenreich. Ohne zu ahnen, dass es sich bei der Prinzessin um den verkörperten Tod selbst handelt, entwickelt sich eine Liebesgeschichte zwischen den beiden. Orphée ist fasziniert von der Unterwelt und entfernt sich immer mehr von der Realität, was seine Frau Eurydike schliesslich mit dem Leben bezahlt... "Orphée" von Jean Cocteau ist nach "Das Blut eines Dichters" seine zweite Bearbeitung des Dramas um Orpheus und Eurydike, das er auch später nochmals in "Das Testament des Orpheus" aufgreift. (Quelle: Umschlag)."
"Summary: Jean Cocteau's most famous play is here presented under the distinguished direction of Claude Santelli. Jean-Pierre Bouvier plays Orphée, while Marie-Christine Barrault appears as La Mort."
"Cocteau's modern version of the Orpheus legend, based on his own play."
"Sumario : Versión moderna de la obra Orpheus, realizada por Cocteau."
"Jean Cocteau turns the Orpheus legend into a story of a poet and his encounter with death and the middle world."
"Cocteau's updating of the Orpheus legend takes the poet from contemporary Paris to a mysterious chateau ruled by an imperious Princess, who first claims a younger poet, then Orpheus' wife, Eurydice."
"Death, represented by a princess, falls in love with Orpheus, a poet, and helps him when he goes into hell in pursuit of his dead love [Halliwell's]."
""This spellbinding retelling of the Orpheus story transforms the lyre-playing singer of Greek myth into a famous Left Bank poet in post-war Paris. Fallen out of favour and lost for poetic inspiration, Orphée becomes obsessed with a mysterious princess who first claims the life of a rival poet and then Eurydice, his wife." [box cover note]."