Orpheus Descending
The film tells of the life and work of Sergey Paradzhanov. On December 15, 1973, the Master was to leave for Yerevan to start work on a film based on Andersen’s fairy tales. It is not known why he had changed his decisio
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The film tells of the life and work of Sergey Paradzhanov. On December 15, 1973, the Master was to leave for Yerevan to start work on a film based on Andersen’s fairy tales. It is not known why he had changed his decisio
It’s a beautiful winter day. Four children are playing on the bridge, but fifth actor enters the game... The sniper.
Orpheus, a Memphis rock star, must travel to the Underworld to bring back his dead love, Eurydice. Based on the Greek myth.
Douglas Privett is a young musician who returns to the small mid-western town of his childhood to see Ezrela Mae Privett, the ailing grandmother who'd raised him, a Baptist preacher battling demons of her own. Despite ch
A skateboarder named Orpheus, his girlfriend Eurydice and their friends journey to Hell to stop television signals that are brainwashing America.
The Ballet de l'Opera National de Paris mounted this production of the late Pina Bausch's dance-opera Orpheus und Eurydike, which Bausch had adapted from composer Christoph Willibald-Gluck and Ranieri de' Calzabigi's 176
Despite it being her father's death anniversary, Patricia, a young streamer, tries to continue with her daily rutine until one sponsor offers her a large sum to make a live stream that night playing "ORFEO", a paranormal
Jimmy Orpheus is about a young day labourer at the docks. After a crawl through the late-night bars in the St. Pauli red-light district, he meets a prostitute, for whom he risks life and limb while walking around night-t
Fresh out the depths of the Underworld, Orpheus stumbles on a providential fisherman. The peasant helps him to get well and afterward, the talented poet proceeds to tell his story...
A single mother (Jody Esther) forms a bond beyond death with her young daughter in a coastal Washington town. Made as an homage to Jean Cocteau's Orphée (1950).
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
A story based on the greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Eurydice is a singer in a group that plays in country fairs. The group is not successful and Eurydice gets convinced by a rich farmer to follow him to Athens, where he promises her that he will make her a famous singer.
An urban, techno spin on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
In the Jim-Crow South, Val Xavier is a bass-playing drifter who retains a wild, compassionate spirit amid neon-lit decay. Nicknamed “Snake Skin” for his animal-hide jacket, Val seeks to shed the emptiness of wealthy nigh
In this classic myth of unwavering love that celebrates the transcendent power of music, Orpheus descends to the land of shadows to rescue his bride Eurydice. His music charms its gatekeepers, and the gods allow Eurydice
Although the situation is universal, Japanese mourning rituals are given solid coverage. The 49th day after death is considered crucial, as the date at which the soul passes from this world to the next and, therefore, th
A boy finds the chance to say goodbye to his deceased brother via a portal to the Underworld.
The film takes up the myth of Orpheus descending into hell to find Eurydice .
Together with Hansjörg Palm, Ruedi Bind recorded a bizarre video poem that resembles a psychedelic journey into the patriotic thoughts of the main character. The "white cross on a red background" appears again and again,