Orpheus in the Underworld

Orpheus in the Underworld

Release Date: 1974-02-07

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.

Rating: 6 / 10

Cast

Dorit Gäbler

Dorit Gäbler

as Eurydike

Rolf Hoppe

Rolf Hoppe

as Jupiter

Wolfgang Greese

Wolfgang Greese

as Orpheus

Achim Wichert

Achim Wichert

as Pluto

Gerry Wolff

Gerry Wolff

as Jacques

Crew

  • Horst Bonnet - Director

  • Horst Bonnet - Writer

  • Otto Hanisch - Director of Photography

  • Jacques Offenbach - Original Music Composer

  • Robert Hanell - Music Arranger

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