Orpheus
1950, Fantasy, 1h 35m
30 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
Heavy with symbolism and deliberately paced, Orpheus may not be for everyone -- but as an example of Jean Cocteau's eccentric genius, it's all but impossible not to recommend. Read critic reviews
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Orphée
The Princess
Heurtebise
Eurydice
Aglaonice
The Poet
Critic Reviews for Orpheus
All Critics (30) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (1)
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It has the mystery and elasticity of a dream, and all the farcical comic horror of chancing across the intricate contents of the Blessed Virgin's lingerie collection.
October 18, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
Jean Cocteau's scripting and directing give the film its proper key of unworldliness.
March 26, 2009 | Full Review… -
Cocteau's visual imagination, leading us through mirrors into a bomb-scarred dreamworld governed by the femme fatale of Death, is enduringly magical and strongly cinematic.
April 1, 2006 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
Somnambulistic symbolism may be art for art's sake. Maybe not. This writer finds it slightly tiresome.
March 25, 2006 | Full Review… -
Its tight cross-lacing of paranoid dreaming and poetic realism grips like a bondage corset.
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Full of haunting imagery plucked from the realm of fairy tales, Orphe is one of the great cinematic fantasies of the 20th century.
March 16, 2004 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Orpheus
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May 06, 2016Jean Cocteau's 1949 film "Orpheus" is the second in "The Orphic Trilogy" and stars the director's muse Jean Marais. A modern adaptation of the Greek strory of Orpheus and Eurydice that is full of trick photography. Orpheus is played by Jean Marais, a man so infatuated with his own poetry and success he never notices his wife is pregnant. He falls in love with a Princess who turns out to be death who takes his wife Eurydice to the underworld. Orpheus follows her and recovers her but can no longer look at her. Great film, even if the last twenty minutes are a little slow.Joseph B Super Reviewer
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Sep 10, 2014Like 'Last Year at Marienbad,' a look at the hypnotic, but ultimately destructive, dance a man can fall into with his undeveloped, feminine 'anima.' A classic of French film, and a great adaptation of the mythic tale.Kyle M Super Reviewer
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Aug 31, 2011Cocteau uses his "astonishing" cinematic abilities to merge magical elements and catchy technical camera tricks to confirm himself as a poet, constructing an extraordinary contribution to fantasy in cinema and one of the rarest tragedies ever shown on the big screen. The core of Cocteau's poetry is love and its overwhelming power, even capable of destructing the borders of Death. Just beautiful... 99/100Edgar C Super Reviewer
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Jul 12, 2011Another poetic and beautifully lensed film from Jean Cocteau on a subject he is very fond of both professionally and personally. This is his take on Orpheus set in 50s Paris and featuring some eerie and gorgeously gothic imagery much like his version of Beauty and the Beast. A great symbolic and meditative film to be absorbed and thought upon. From a refined time and place by an amazing and gifted Director.Chris B Super Reviewer
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