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Orpheus in the Underworld
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Orpheus in the Underworld

Feb 7, 1974
1h 28m
★ 6.0

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

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Cast

Dorit Gäbler

Eurydike

Dorit Gäbler

Rolf Hoppe

Jupiter

Rolf Hoppe

Wolfgang Greese

Orpheus

Wolfgang Greese

Achim Wichert

Pluto

Achim Wichert

Gerry Wolff

Jacques

Gerry Wolff

Mona Boxberger

Cupido

Mona Boxberger

Fred Düren

Styx

Fred Düren

Helga Piur

Diana

Helga Piur

Lisa Macheiner

Juno

Lisa Macheiner

Fred Delmare

Merkur

Fred Delmare

Gisela Bestehorn

Venus

Gisela Bestehorn

Werner Senftleben

Mars

Werner Senftleben