TV Guide: Orpheus

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Myth

TCM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The writer and director narrates over elegant opening credits in the celebrated first film in Jean Cocteau's "Orphic Trilogy," Orpheus, 1949, starring Jean Marais.

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) You Will Serve Me

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"The Princess" (Maria Casares) resurrects poet Cegeste (Edouard Dermit) and takes him through a mirror through which the hero (Jean Marais) cannot follow, as things get wild in Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, 1949.

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Make Yourself Useful

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The poet Cegeste (Edouard Dermit) gets grabbed by the cops, hit by a motorcycle, then collected by "The Princess" (Maria Casares), who commandeers the title character (Jean Marais), a bystander, in Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, 1949.

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) At Your Service

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Euridyce (Marie Dea), wife of the hero, receives the mysterious chauffeur Heurtebise (Francois Perier) after the unexpected return of her husband, in Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, 1949.

Video: Orpheus (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Cafe Des Poetes

TCM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Quickly establishing the post-war Left-bank milieu, popular poet (and title character) Jean Marais expresses disdain for the goings-on at the cafe, in Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, 1949.