Testament of Orpheus

Fantasy

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Jean Cocteau

Status Released

Release Date 1960-02-18

Storyline

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.