 
                                                                80 minutos
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
 
                                                        Jean Cocteau
The Poet
 
                                                        Edouard Dermithe
Cégeste
 
                                                        Henri Crémieux
The Professor
 
                                                        François Périer
Heurtebise
 
                                                        Claudine Auger
Minerve
 
                                                        Françoise Arnoul
Self (uncredited)
 
                                                        Lucia Bosè
Orphée's Friend
 
                                                        Charles Aznavour
The Curious Man
 
                                                        Brigitte Bardot
Self (uncredited)
 
                                                        Jean Marais
Oedipe
 
                                                        Daniel Gélin
The Intern (uncredited)
 
                                                        Françoise Christophe
The Nurse (uncredited)
 
                                                        Nicole Courcel
The Young Mother (uncredited)
 
                                                        Daniel Moosmann
2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
 
                                                        Yul Brynner
Court Usher (uncredited)
 
                                                        Pablo Picasso
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
 
                                                        Michael Goodliffe
English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
                                                        Jean-Pierre Léaud
Dargelos, the schoolboy
 
                                                        Alice Sapritch
Gypsy (uncredited)
 
                                                        Roger Vadim
Self (uncredited)
 
                                                        Françoise Sagan
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
 
                                                        Annette Stroyberg
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
 
                                                        Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Gypsy (uncredited)
 
                                                        María Casares
The Princess