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| Enrique Rivero | ... | Poet | |
| Elizabeth Lee Miller | ... | Statue | |
| Pauline Carton | |||
| Odette Talazac | |||
| Jean Desbordes | ... | Louis XV Friend | |
| Fernand Dichamps | |||
| Lucien Jager | |||
| Féral Benga | ... | Black Angel | |
| Barbette | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jean Cocteau | ... | Bit Part (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Jean Cocteau | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Jean Cocteau | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Le Vicomte de Noailles | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Georges Auric | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Georges Périnal | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jean Cocteau | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Jean Gabriel D'Aubonne | |||
| Jean d'Eaubonne | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Coco Chanel | |||
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_Le sang d'un poète_ is a semi-narrative film replete with surreal imagery. Like much of Cocteau's work, it displays an affinity for classicism that seems anomalous in a Surrealist context. It's still a great film.
Cocteau's world is one of magic, talismans, and journeys through the looking glass (literally), populated by creatures both strangely compelling and vaguely demonic. Though the film follows a central character through a sequence of events, it can't really be described as a story, because there is no rational justification for anything that happens (hey, it's Surrealism - what were you expecting?).
Despite the primitive film technology, there is some downright eerie cinematography in this movie, especially in the hotel-room scenes.
I much prefer this film to Cocteau's _Orphee_, which has more to do with _The Twilight Zone_ than with Surrealism proper.