A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Jean Marais
Orphée
François Périer
Heurtebise
María Casares
Death
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Henri Crémieux
Editor
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
Edouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
André Carnège
Judge
René Worms
Raymond Faure
Journalist
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Jacques Varennes
Jean Cocteau
Director
Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Jacqueline Sadoul
Jean d'Eaubonne
Production Design
Marcel Escoffier
Costume Design
Writer
Pierre-Louis Calvet
Sound
Alexandre Marcus
Makeup Artist
Claude Pinoteau
Assistant Director
Albert Volper
Art Direction
André Paulvé
Executive Producer