- Testament of Orpheus
Infobox Film
name = The Testament of Orpheus
caption = The Criterion Collection DVD cover
imdb_rating =
director =Jean Cocteau
producer =Jean Thuillier
writers = Jean Cocteau
starring =Jean Cocteau Yul Brynner Edouard Dermit Henri Cremieuxard María Casares
music =Georges Auric George Frideric Handel Martial Solal
cinematography =
editing =Marie-Josephe Yoyotte
distributor =
released = flagicon|France18 February ,1960
flagicon|USA9 April ,1962
runtime = 80 min.
country = France
language = French
budget =
preceded_by = "Orphée "
followed_by =
mpaa_rating =
tv_rating =
amg_id = 1:49182
imdb_id = 0054377"Testament of Orpheus" (French: "Le Testament d'Orphée") is a
1960 film directed by and starringJean Cocteau . It is considered the final part ofthe Orphic Trilogy , following "The Blood of a Poet " (1930 ) and "Orphée " (1950 ). In the cast areCharles Aznavour ,Lucia Bosé ,Maria Casarès ,Nicole Courcel ,Luis Miguel Dominguín ,Daniel Gélin ,Jean-Pierre Léaud ,Serge Lifar ,Jean Marais ,François Périer andFrançoise Sagan .It also includes
cameo appearance s byPablo Picasso andYul Brynner . The film is inblack-and-white , with just a few seconds of color film spliced in.External links
*
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=69&eid=19§ion=essay Criterion Collection essay by Jean Cocteau]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.