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“Poets . . . shed not only the red blood of their hearts but the white blood of their souls,” proclaimed Jean Cocteau of his groundbreaking first film—an exploration of the plight of the artist, the power of metaphor and the relationship between art and dreams. One of cinema’s great experiments, this first installment of the Orphic Trilogy stretches the medium to its limits in an effort to capture the poet’s obsession with the struggle between the forces of life and death. Criterion is proud to present The Blood of a Poet (Le sang d’un poète).
Original Release
01/20/1932
US Release
11/03/1933
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Enrique Rivero | Poet |
Elizabeth Lee Miller | Statue |
Pauline Carton | |
Odette Talazac | |
Jean Desbordes | Louis XV Friend |
Fernand Dichamps | |
Lucien Jager | Un spectateur dans une loge / A spectator in a box |
Feral Benga | Black Angel |
Barbette | Un spectateur / A spectator |
Jean Cocteau | Bit Part |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Enrique Rivero | Poet |
Elizabeth Lee Miller | Statue |
Pauline Carton | |
Odette Talazac | |
Jean Desbordes | Louis XV Friend |
Fernand Dichamps | |
Lucien Jager | Un spectateur dans une loge / A spectator in a box |
Feral Benga | Black Angel |
Barbette | Un spectateur / A spectator |
Jean Cocteau | Bit Part |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Le Vicomte de Noailles | Producer |