CINEMA

Orpheus in the Underworld

197488m7.5 (2)
ComedyDramaFantasyMusic

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.

Crew

HB

Horst Bonnet

Director

HB

Horst Bonnet

Writer

OH

Otto Hanisch

Director of Photography

Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach

Original Music Composer

Cast

Dorit Gäbler

Dorit Gäbler

Eurydike

Rolf Hoppe

Rolf Hoppe

Jupiter

Wolfgang Greese

Wolfgang Greese

Orpheus

AW

Achim Wichert

Pluto

Gerry Wolff

Gerry Wolff

Jacques

MB

Mona Boxberger

Cupido

Fred Düren

Fred Düren

Styx

Helga Piur

Helga Piur

Diana

LM

Lisa Macheiner

Juno

Fred Delmare

Fred Delmare

Merkur

Gisela Bestehorn

Gisela Bestehorn

Venus

Werner Senftleben

Werner Senftleben

Mars

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