Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration)
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Le Testament d’Orphée is a 1960 avant-garde film by Jean Cocteau, featuring Jean Marais, that serves as Cocteau’s poetic, self-reflexive cinematic farewell.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration) canonical | 1 |
| Le Testament d’Orphée (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11587531 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration) Context triple: [Jean Marais, notableWork, Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration)]
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A.
Orphée aux enfers
Orphée aux enfers is a satirical operetta by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Ludovic Halévy and Hector Crémieux, that parodies the Orpheus myth and is famous for its exuberant "can-can" music.
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B.
Orphée
Orphée is a 1950 French fantasy film by Jean Cocteau that reimagines the Orpheus myth in a surreal, modern setting.
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C.
Orphée
Orphée is a 2016 studio album by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, known for its atmospheric, minimalist classical soundscapes inspired by the Orpheus myth.
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Jean Cocteau’s film Orphée
Jean Cocteau’s film *Orphée* is a 1950 French cinematic reinterpretation of the Orpheus myth that blends surrealist imagery, poetic dialogue, and modern settings to explore themes of death, art, and the subconscious.
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E.
Orphée et Eurydice
Orphée et Eurydice is a renowned opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and celebrated for its reformist, emotionally direct style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration) Target entity description: Le Testament d’Orphée is a 1960 avant-garde film by Jean Cocteau, featuring Jean Marais, that serves as Cocteau’s poetic, self-reflexive cinematic farewell.
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A.
Orphée aux enfers
Orphée aux enfers is a satirical operetta by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Ludovic Halévy and Hector Crémieux, that parodies the Orpheus myth and is famous for its exuberant "can-can" music.
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B.
Orphée
Orphée is a 2016 studio album by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, known for its atmospheric, minimalist classical soundscapes inspired by the Orpheus myth.
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C.
Orphée
Orphée is a 1950 French fantasy film by Jean Cocteau that reimagines the Orpheus myth in a surreal, modern setting.
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D.
Jean Cocteau’s film Orphée
Jean Cocteau’s film *Orphée* is a 1950 French cinematic reinterpretation of the Orpheus myth that blends surrealist imagery, poetic dialogue, and modern settings to explore themes of death, art, and the subconscious.
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E.
Orphée et Eurydice
Orphée et Eurydice is a renowned opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and celebrated for its reformist, emotionally direct style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
ⓘ
avant-garde film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Le Testament d’Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi
ⓘ
linked to:
Le Testament d’Orphée
|
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Roland Pontoizeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts | myth of Orpheus ⓘ |
| director | Jean Cocteau ⓘ |
| distributor | Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France ⓘ |
| editingBy | Jacques Desagneaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresActor |
Charles Aznavour
ⓘ
François Périer ⓘ Jean Marais ⓘ Jean-Pierre Léaud ⓘ Maria Casarès ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ Yul Brynner ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Les Baux-de-Provence
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| follows | Orphée ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde
ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ |
| hasArtisticMovement |
French avant-garde cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
Impressionist cinema
Surrealism ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
key work in Cocteau’s cinematic oeuvre
ⓘ
late work of Jean Cocteau ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice |
breaking the fourth wall
ⓘ
director appearing as himself ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art and mortality
ⓘ
poetic autobiography ⓘ self-reflexivity ⓘ the role of the artist ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Auric ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Jean Cocteau’s cinematic farewell
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poetic, self-reflexive style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Jean Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Films de la Pléiade
ⓘ
linked to:
Les Films de la Pléiade
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| releaseDateFrance | 1960-05-05 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| screenplayType | surrealist ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 20th century France ⓘ |
| stars | Jean Cocteau ⓘ |
| writer | Jean Cocteau ⓘ |
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Subject: Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration) Description of subject: Le Testament d’Orphée is a 1960 avant-garde film by Jean Cocteau, featuring Jean Marais, that serves as Cocteau’s poetic, self-reflexive cinematic farewell.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration)