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title: "Orpheus: cast and crew"
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cast: 27
crew: 19
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# Orpheus (1950): cast and crew

27 cast and 19 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Jean Marais](https://film.one/person/jean-marais.md) as Orphée
- [François Périer](https://film.one/person/francois-perier.md) as Heurtebise
- [María Casares](https://film.one/person/maria-casares.md) as Death
- [Marie Déa](https://film.one/person/marie-dea.md) as Eurydice
- [Henri Crémieux](https://film.one/person/henri-cremieux.md) as Editor
- [Juliette Gréco](https://film.one/person/juliette-greco.md) as Aglaonice
- [Roger Blin](https://film.one/person/roger-blin.md) as The Poet
- [Édouard Dermithe](https://film.one/person/edouard-dermithe.md) as Jacques Cégeste
- [André Carnège](https://film.one/person/andre-carnege.md) as Judge
- [René Worms](https://film.one/person/rene-worms.md) as Judge
- [Raymond Faure](https://film.one/person/raymond-faure.md) as Journalist
- [Pierre Bertin](https://film.one/person/pierre-bertin.md) as Commissioner
- Jacques Varennes as Judge
- Paul Amiot as Judge (uncredited)
- Philippe Bordier as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
- Claude Borelli as Une bacchante (uncredited)
- Jean-Louis Brau as Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
- [Jean Cocteau](https://film.one/person/jean-cocteau.md) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Renée Cosima as Une bacchante (uncredited)
- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
- [René Lacourt](https://film.one/person/rene-lacourt.md) as Postman (uncredited)
- Julien Maffre as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Claude Mauriac as (uncredited)
- [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://film.one/person/jean-pierre-melville.md) as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Jean-Pierre Mocky as Band Leader (uncredited)
- Henri San Juan as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
- Victor Tabournot as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Jean Cocteau](https://film.one/person/jean-cocteau.md): Director
- Claude Pinoteau: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Jean Cocteau](https://film.one/person/jean-cocteau.md): Writer

## Production

- André Paulvé: Executive Producer
- Émile Darbon: Production Manager
- Jean-Marie Loutrel: Unit Production Manager
- Alfred Marpaux: Production Designer

## Camera

- [Nicolas Hayer](https://film.one/person/nicolas-hayer.md): Director of Photography
- Noël Martin: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Jacqueline Sadoul](https://film.one/person/jacqueline-sadoul.md): Editor
- Hélène Basté: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Georges Auric](https://film.one/person/georges-auric.md): Original Music Composer
- Pierre-Louis Calvet: Sound
- Jacques Météhen: Conductor

## Art

- [Jean d'Eaubonne](https://film.one/person/jean-deaubonne.md): Production Design
- Albert Volper: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Marcel Escoffier](https://film.one/person/marcel-escoffier.md): Costume Design
- Alexandre Marcus: Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Claude Pinoteau: Technical Advisor

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