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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.
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.
Sinopsis. Un poeta ve que se acerca la hora de su muerte y decide hacer balance de su vida y de su obra. Entre sueños de inmortalidad y ansias de renacimiento, irá desfilando una serie de surrealistas personajes,que darán lugar a un preciso análisis de la inspiración, las fobias y las obsesiones del artista. (FILMAFFINITY) Posición en rankings FA.
26 de jul. de 2020 · He also knew that he wanted to make one final film to sum up his life’s work, a film that would emerge the next year as Le testament d’Orphée (Testament of Orpheus, 1960). But to do this, as always, Cocteau needed money to create a film even on a limited budget, and so he turned to his friend and patron, Francine Weisweiller, in ...
Jean Cocteau. 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.
The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet’s heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption.
Fantasy. aka: Testament of Orpheus. Film Review. I n his final film, Jean Cocteau, France's greatest living poet, provides a fitting conclusion to a remarkable artistic career that spanned over fifty years and encompassed not only the cinema but also painting, novels, stage plays, music and poems.
