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Testament of Orpheus ( French: Le testament d'Orphée) is a 1960 black-and-white film with a few seconds of color film spliced into it. Directed by and starring Jean Cocteau, who plays himself as an 18th-century poet, the film includes cameo appearances by Pablo Picasso, Jean Marais, Charles Aznavour, Jean-Pierre Leaud, and Yul Brynner. [1]
Testament of Orpheus: Directed by Jean Cocteau. With Jean Cocteau, Françoise Arnoul, Claudine Auger, Charles Aznavour. The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Testament of Orpheus. In his last film, legendary writer/artist/filmmaker Jean Cocteau portrays an 18th-century poet who travels through time on a quest for divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he meets several symbolic phantoms that bring about his death and resurrection.
In a mysterious, possibly post-apocalyptic wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic and surreal encounters with symbolic phantoms (Roger Blin, Brigitte Bardot, Marie Déa) with...
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Dec 12, 2021 · In his latest film, the legendary Jean Cocteau is a poet who travels through time in search of enlightenment. In a mysterious wasteland, he meets lost souls ...
As mythological creatures, obsessions, and fantasies mingle without chronological order, cryptic symbolism--embodied by Yul Brynner, Pablo Picasso, Charles Aznavour, and Jean-Pierre Léaud--brings everything full circle, composing the testament of Orpheus, the poet.
Testament of Orpheus. Directed by Jean Cocteau • 1959 • France. Starring Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermithe, Henri Crémieux. In his last film, legendary writer/artist/filmmaker Jean Cocteau portrays an eighteenth-century poet who travels through time on a quest for divine wisdom.
