Overview
Rock star Orpheus writes love songs for Eurydice, who designs his album covers. Torn between her and his sound engineer, Calaïs, he discovers Eurydice has died of an overdose. Desperate, he descends into the Underworld to bargain with Hades.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Music
Music by Michel Legrand
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Jacques DemyScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 29, 1985
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
Production
Cast
Francis HusterOrpheus
Laurent MaletCalaïs- Keiko ItōEurydice
Gérard KleinAristée
Jean MaraisHadès / The Devil
Marie-France PisierClaude Perséphone
Hugues QuesterCaron
Éva DarlanDominique Daniel
Annick AlaneLucienne
Marion GameL'habilleuse
Jean AmosClément
Gilles CohenL'homme Bercy
Odile CohenL'hôtesse douanes- Daniel DhubertLe garçon de café
Patrick FierryL'officier des Douanes
Jean-Louis RollandLe médecin- Nicolas SempeLe 1er jeune homme
- Philippe VacherLe maître de cérémonie
Gérard ZalcbergL'huissier
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