
Testament of Orpheus
A dreamlike, self-aware meditation on art and mortality, drifting through striking images and symbolic encounters that reward patience over plot.
- Directed by
- Jean Cocteau
- Genres
- Fantasy
- Starring
- Jean Cocteau, Édouard Dermithe, Henri Crémieux
- Overview
- An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
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- Directed by
- Jean Cocteau
- Genres
- Fantasy
- Starring
- Jean Cocteau, Édouard Dermithe, Henri Crémieux












