Cast

E
Enrique Rivero
as Poet
E
Elizabeth Lee Miller
as Statue
P
Pauline Carton
as The child trainer
O
Odette Talazac
J
Jean Desbordes
as Louis XV Friend
F
Fernand Dichamps
L
Lucien Jager
as A spectator in a box
F
Féral Benga
as Black Angel
B
Barbette
as A spectator
J
Jean Cocteau
as Bit Part (uncredited)

Crew

J
Jean Cocteau
Writer
J
Jean Cocteau
Director
J
Jean d'Eaubonne
Production Design
L
Le Vicomte de Noailles
Producer
J
Jean Cocteau
Editor
G
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
C
Coco Chanel
Costume Design
G
Georges Périnal
Director of Photography

The Orphic Trilogy

Decadent, subversive, and bristling with artistic invention, the myth-born cinema of Jean Cocteau disturbs as much as it charms. Cocteau was the most versatile of artists in prewar Paris. Poet, novelist, playwright, painter, celebrity, and maker of cinema—his many talents converged in bold, dreamlike films that continue to enthrall audiences around the world. In "The Blood of a Poet," "Orpheus," and "Testament of Orpheus," Cocteau utilizes the Orphic myth to explore the complex relationships between the artist and his creations, reality and the imagination.