Testament of Orpheus

(1960)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 134 votes

Genres: Fantasy

Year: 1960

Runtime: 77 мин

Country: France

Director: Jean Cocteau

Cast: Jean Cocteau, Édouard Dermithe, Henri Crémieux, François Périer, Клодин Оже, Франсуаза Арнуль, Лючия Бозе, Шарль Азнавур, Брижит Бардо, Жан Марэ

Plot

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.