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Orpheus in the Underworld
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Orpheus in the Underworld

Feb 7, 1974
1h 28m
★ 7.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Music

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Orpheus in the Underworld Trailers

Cast

Dorit Gäbler

Eurydike

Dorit Gäbler

Rolf Hoppe

Jupiter

Rolf Hoppe

Wolfgang Greese

Orpheus

Wolfgang Greese

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Pluto

Achim Wichert

Gerry Wolff

Jacques

Gerry Wolff

Mona Boxberger

Cupido

Mona Boxberger

Fred Düren

Styx

Fred Düren

Helga Piur

Diana

Helga Piur

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Juno

Lisa Macheiner

Fred Delmare

Merkur

Fred Delmare

Gisela Bestehorn

Venus

Gisela Bestehorn

Werner Senftleben

Mars

Werner Senftleben

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