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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   771 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Jean Cocteau (writer)
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Release Date:
18 February 1960 (France) more
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Plot:
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more
User Reviews:
Film Poetry. more (12 total)

Cast

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Jean Cocteau ... Himself - the Poet
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le testament d'Orphée (France) (poster title)
The Testament of Orpheus (USA)
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Runtime:
Germany:79 min | UK:83 min | USA:79 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Cocteau's last film. more
Quotes:
Himself - the Poet: And the flower?
Cégeste: Take it to her. After all, the goddess is a woman and women never object to being offered flowers
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Movie Connections:
Follows Orphée (1950) more

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9 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Film Poetry., 9 August 2001
10/10
Author: Alejandro Dávila (entreacto@hotmail.com) from Aguascalientes, México

Cocteau, as an authentic reinassance man, shown the world how poetry could be inside everything. In this film, a real testament Cocteau delivers us his whole original world, that one that he constructed from life experiences. His unique craft never needed big budgets, Cocteau creates the magic taking a flower and primary cinema f/x. Thats all, what you see on the screen is just poetry.

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