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Original title Le testament d'Orphée
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
Swedish release 1960-10-03

Cast

Jean Cocteau
poeten

Jean-Pierre Léaud
den trettonårige skolpojken

Nicole Courcel
den unga modern

Françoise Christophe
sköterskan

Henri Crémieux
vetenskapsmannen, skolpojken som professor

Daniel Gélin
vetenskapsmannens assistent

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Title alternative spelling

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Director
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Dialogue
Associate Producer
Unit Manager
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Conductor
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Assistant Film Editor
Other Crew

Cast

- (I den ordning de uppträder:)
Jean Cocteau poeten
Jean-Pierre Léaud den trettonårige skolpojken
Nicole Courcel den unga modern
Françoise Christophe sköterskan
Henri Crémieux vetenskapsmannen, skolpojken som professor
Daniel Gélin vetenskapsmannens assistent
Philippe Juzau första människohästen
Alice Sapritch första zigenerskan
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte andra zigenerskan
Édouard Dermit Cégeste, egentligen Édouard, poetens adoptivson
Michèle Comte den lilla flickan som examineras
Henry Torrès examinatorn
Maria Casarès prinsessan, domare i undersökningskommissionen
François Périer Heurtebise, domare i undersökningskommissionen
Madame Alec Weisweiller grevinnan, den förvirrade damen
Philippe Gustave, grevinnans hovmästare
Guy Duté ena delen av människohunden
Jean-Claude Petit andra delen av människohunden
Alice Heyliger Isolde (Yseult)
Michèle Lemoigne kvinnan i det intellektuella kärleksparet
Georges Châtelain mannen i det intellektuella kärleksparet
Yul Brynner dörrvaktmästaren
Claudine Oger Minerva (Minerve)
Daniel Moosmann andra manshästen
Charles Aznavour som sig själv, åskådare till poetens död
Serge Lifar som sig själv, åskådare till poetens död
Pablo Picasso som sig själv, åskådare till poetens död
Jacqueline Roque som sig själv, åskådare till poetens död
Lucia Bosè som sig själv, åskådare till poetens död
Luis Miguel Dominguín som sig själv, åskådare till poetens död
Jean Marais Oidipus (Oedipe)
Brigitte Morissan Antigone

Companies

Production Company Les Éditions Cinégraphiques
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Europa Film 1960
Laboratory Société Générale de Travaux Cinématographiques SA (GTC)
Re-recording Mixer Poste Parisien

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 95770
Date 1960-04
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 2170 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white + colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24


Production location

France 1959-09 1959-10
La Victorine Nice (ateljé)
Franstudio Paris (ateljé)
Baux de Provence (exteriörer)
Villefranche (exteriörer)
Villa Santo Sospir (exteriörer)

Release dates

First showing 1960-02-18 Avenue Paris France 80 min
1960-02-18 La Pagode Paris France 80 min
Release in Sweden 1960-10-03 Sture Stockholm Sweden 79 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2000-01-30

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2


Size Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language French


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No



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