

A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
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Aglaonice

Roger Blin
The Poet

Édouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste

André Carnège
Judge
René Worms
Judge
Raymond Faure
Journalist

Pierre Bertin
Commissioner

Jacques Varennes
Judge

Paul Amiot
Judge (uncredited)

Philippe Bordier
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Claude Borelli
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Brau
Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)

Jean Cocteau
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Renée Cosima
Une bacchante (uncredited)

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

René Lacourt
Postman (uncredited)

Julien Maffre
Police Officer (uncredited)
Claude Mauriac
(uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Melville
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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