Film

Orpheus Descending

1996 · Drama

IMDb

7.1

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. Things do not turn out as promised, and Eurydice returns to the band, which is very successful now, due to Orpheus, a mute clarinet player, who has joined them. The farmer comes to reclaim her by force and Eurydice gets killed in a car accident. Orpheus tries to give her life with his clarinet.

Vana Barba

Evridiki

Nikos Xanthopoulos

Alekos Dralos

Michalis Papagellidis

Orfeas

Christos Kalavrouzos

Panos

Dimitris Aspiotis

Giannis Astrinakis

Menelaos Ntaflos

Vangelis Dimitriou

Mihalis Giannatos

Nelli Gini

Antonia Gouvi

Takis Hrysikakos

Dimitris Katsimanis

Panos Papakyriakopoulos

Petar Popyordanov

Dimitris Poulikakos

• George ZervoulakosWriter · Director
• Nikiforos MarkakisWriter

Release date

January 26, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

Greek

Genres

Drama