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title: "Black Orpheus: cast and crew"
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cast: 17
crew: 27
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# Black Orpheus (1959): cast and crew

17 cast and 27 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Breno Mello](https://film.one/person/breno-mello.md) as Orfeo
- [Marpessa Dawn](https://film.one/person/marpessa-dawn.md) as Eurydice
- [Lourdes de Oliveira](https://film.one/person/lourdes-de-oliveira.md) as Mira
- [Léa Garcia](https://film.one/person/lea-garcia.md) as Serafina
- [Adhemar Ferreira da Silva](https://film.one/person/adhemar-ferreira-da-silva.md) as Death
- [Waldetar De Souza](https://film.one/person/waldetar-de-souza.md) as Chico
- [Alexandre Constantino](https://film.one/person/alexandre-constantino.md) as Hermes
- [Jorge Dos Santos](https://film.one/person/jorge-dos-santos.md) as Benedito
- [Aurino Cassiano](https://film.one/person/aurino-cassiano.md) as Zeca
- [Maria Alice](https://film.one/person/maria-alice.md) as Little Girl
- [Marcel Camus](https://film.one/person/marcel-camus.md) as Ernesto
- [Fausto Guerzoni](https://film.one/person/fausto-guerzoni.md) as Fausto
- Thereza Santos
- Zeni Pereira
- Elizeth Cardoso
- Cartola
- Dona Zica

## Directing

- [Marcel Camus](https://film.one/person/marcel-camus.md): Director
- Robert Mazoyer: First Assistant Director

## Writing

- Vinicius de Moraes: Theatre Play
- [Jacques Viot](https://film.one/person/jacques-viot.md): Adaptation, Dialogue, Screenplay
- [Marcel Camus](https://film.one/person/marcel-camus.md): Adaptation, Dialogue

## Production

- [Sacha Gordine](https://film.one/person/sacha-gordine.md): Producer
- Bartholomeu De Andrade: Production Assistant
- Victor Kerdoncuff: Publicist
- Roger Blache: Line Producer
- Silvio Autuori: Line Producer
- Jacques Gibault: Production Manager

## Camera

- [Jean Bourgoin](https://film.one/person/jean-bourgoin.md): Director of Photography
- Louis Stein: Camera Operator
- René Persin: Camera Operator
- Geraldo Gabriel: Assistant Camera
- Geter Kosta: Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [Andrée Feix](https://film.one/person/andree-feix.md): Editor
- Geneviève Winding: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Luiz Bonfá](https://film.one/person/luiz-bonfa.md): Original Music Composer
- [Antônio Carlos Jobim](https://film.one/person/antonio-carlos-jobim.md): Original Music Composer
- Amaury Leenhardt: Sound
- Jean Nény: Sound Mixer

## Art

- [Pierre Guffroy](https://film.one/person/pierre-guffroy.md): Production Design

## Costume and make-up

- [Isabel Pons](https://film.one/person/isabel-pons.md): Costume Design
- Ded. Bourbonnais: Costumer
- Ketty-Hélène: Costumer

## Crew

- Dyna Moscovici: Script

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