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orfeo negro (1959)

Original title: orfeu negro
Production: Brasile|100 min|
Dramatic, Romantic

Festivals and awards

Oscar 1960 - logo Oscar Best International Feature Film
Golden Globe 1960 - logo Golden Globe Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film
Assigned to: Marcel Camus
Cannes Festival 1959 - logo Cannes Festival Palma d'oro

Direction

Marcel CamusMarcel Camus: regista

Production and Screenplay

Jacques Viot: sceneggiatore
Marcel CamusMarcel Camus: sceneggiatore

Interpreters and Characters

Breno Mello
(Orfeo, tranviere di Rio)
Marpessa DawnMarpessa Dawn(età:25)
(Euridice, contadina)
Lourdes Deoliveira
Ademar DasilvaAdemar Dasilva(età:32)
Lea Garcia

Technical staff

Jean BourgoinJean Bourgoin: direttore della fotografia
Antonio Carlos Jobim: musiche
Luis Bonfa: musiche
Vinicius De moraes: musiche
Andrée Feix: montatore