Orpheus in the Underworld
1974•1h 28m•7.5•Released
ComedyDramaFantasyMusic
This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.
Director
Horst Bonnet
Writer
Horst Bonnet
Languages
German
Studio
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Dorit Gäbler
Eurydike
Rolf Hoppe
Jupiter
Wolfgang Greese
Orpheus
Achim Wichert
Pluto
Gerry Wolff
Jacques
Mona Boxberger
Cupido
Fred Düren
Styx
Helga Piur
Diana
Lisa Macheiner
Juno
Fred Delmare
Merkur
Gisela Bestehorn
Venus
Werner Senftleben
Mars
Helmut Bez
Erich Breese
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