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The Orphic Trilogy is a series of three French films written and directed by Jean Cocteau: [1] [2]. The Blood of a Poet, or Le sang d'un poète, 1930; Orpheus, or Orphée (also the title used in the UK), 1950
Orpheus (French: Orphée ⓘ; also the title used in the UK) is a 1950 French romantic fantasy drama film directed by Jean Cocteau and starring Jean Marais. It is the central part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy , alongside The Blood of a Poet (1930) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).
Orpheus Mourning the Death of Eurydice, a painting by Ary Scheffer (1814) Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, a painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1861) Orpheus and Eurydice, a painting by Edward Poynter (1862) Orpheus and Euridice, a painting by Frederic Leighton (1864) Orpheus and Eurydice, a sculpture by Auguste Rodin (1893)
Hadestown is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell.It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to rescue her.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 87% from 71 reviews, and an average rating of 7.9/10, with the consensus: "Colorful, atmospheric, and infectious, Black Orpheus takes an ancient tale and makes it fresh anew, thanks in part to its bewitching bossa nova soundtrack."
Pages in category "Films about Orpheus" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Orpheus (film) Orpheus Descending (film) P. Parking (1985 film) S.
Nikos Nikolaidis's 1975 film Evrydiki BA 2037 is an innovative perspective on the classic Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice. Anaïs Mitchell's 2010 folk opera musical Hadestown retells the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice with a score inspired by American blues and jazz, portraying Hades as the
The poem the horse taps out for Orpheus reads "Madame Eurydice Reviendra Des Enfers" ("Madam Eurydice Will Come Back From Hell"). Orpheus enters the poem in a contest but the judges are infuriated because the initial letters of the words spell "MERDE" (English: "SHIT"). [6] While Orpheus is at the contest Eurydice is murdered by her ex-friends ...