Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Le Testament d'Orphée
ThumbScore
👍 86%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 88%
(RT: 88%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Jean Cocteau as Le poète
Édouard Dermithe as Cégeste(non crédité)
Henri Crémieux as Le professeur(non crédité)
Françoise Arnoul as Elle-même (non crédité)
Lucia Bosè as Une amie d'Orphée(non crédité)
Charles Aznavour as Le Curieux(non crédité)
Is Testament of Orpheus good?
Yes. 86% audience score, estimated from 136 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 88%.
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Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
