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

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Cast

Eurydike

Dorit Gäbler

Jupiter

Rolf Hoppe

Orpheus

Wolfgang Greese

Pluto

Achim Wichert

Jacques

Gerry Wolff

Cupido

Mona Boxberger

Styx

Fred Düren

Diana

Helga Piur

Juno

Lisa Macheiner

Merkur

Fred Delmare

Venus

Gisela Bestehorn

Mars

Werner Senftleben

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