Cast
Jean Marais 
María Casares 
François Périer
Credits
Written by: 
Jean Cocteau
Plot
A poet in modern Paris follows Death, a princess in a black car, into the underworld to find his wife and is drawn to Death herself.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jean Cocteau's modern Orpheus myth is poetic, strange and filled with homemade magic. Its mirror-to-underworld effects, radio-borne poetry and Jean Marais's performance make it a dreamlike masterpiece.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (14,773 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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