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Orpheus (film)
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<p><i>Orpheus</i> is a 1950 French <a href="/facts/Romance_film/zRFcp8nS">romantic</a> <a href="/facts/Fantasy_film/fPX7SpAC">fantasy</a> <a href="/facts/Drama_(film_and_television)/K3GjTczf">drama</a> film directed by <a href="/facts/Jean_Cocteau/eIJpBDzY">Jean Cocteau</a> and starring <a href="/facts/Jean_Marais/d28BR4JB">Jean Marais</a>. It is the central part of Cocteau's <i><a href="/facts/Orphic_Trilogy/0zGo4VyW">Orphic Trilogy</a></i>, alongside <i><a href="/facts/The_Blood_of_a_Poet/Jm0xLzr2">The Blood of a Poet</a></i> (1930) and <i><a href="/facts/Testament_of_Orpheus/4SeFrzme">Testament of Orpheus</a></i> (1960). Set in contemporary <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>, the film is a variation on the Greek myth of <a href="/facts/Orpheus_and_Eurydice/NsAhbPjm">Orpheus and Eurydice</a>, and is partially based on Cocteau's 1926 play of the <a href="/facts/Orpheus_(play)/25aYT6Qp">same title</a>. </p>