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Orphee [VHS] [1949]

VHS ~ Jean Marais
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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  • Actors: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux
  • Directors: Jean Cocteau
  • Writers: Jean Cocteau
  • Producers: André Paulvé
  • Format: Black & White, PAL, Subtitled
  • Language French
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Connoisseur Video
  • VHS Release Date: 24 Jan 2000
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00004CJOP
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,441 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

    Popular in these categories:

    #2 in  Video > Classic Films > Directors > Cocteau, Jean
    #5 in  Video > Classic Films > International > 1940s
    #33 in  Video > World Cinema > French > Drama

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A modernised version of Orpheus' trip to the Underworld to reclaim his wife. French dialogue with English subtitles. Based on a play by Jean Cocteau.

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A magnificent poetic film, 14 Dec 2001
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Was Jean Cocteau the Oscar Wilde of cinema? Like Wilde's writings, I'm never sure if Cocteau's films are as deep as their surfaces suggest, or if they are all marvelous surface, but the more I see them, the less inclined I am to worry about that, because they are gorgeous.
This film can strike one as a tad pretentious, a precious little dance with myth, but for me, at least, a second viewing dispelled that sense. Quite unlike any other film I can name, more mature than La Belle et la Bete, a modern (1949 modern) re-imagining of Greek myth by way of Rilke, dreamlike in the best sense, mysterious and moving, with Death and her servant Heurtebise oddly the most touching characters. Highly highly recommended.
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