Jean Cocteau Movies

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House presents a new production of Poulenc's short opera La Voix Humaine, featuring soprano Danielle de Niese and...

A woman’s last phone conversation with her lover, who now loves someone else.

Film based on the lyrical tragedy of the same name by Jean Cocteau and Francis Poulenc, directed by Alain Françon at the Théâtre...

A queen lives secluded in her chambers, mourning the loss of her husband on their wedding day ten years from then. Stanislas, a suicidal poet and...

One of the first filmed portraits of a jazz musician.

In 1930 Jean Cocteau premiered "La Voz Humana" in Paris. In 2013, actress Karina Gidi interprets "La Voz Humana" under the direction and adaptation...

Merlin, shot on 35mm, is an adaptation of Cocteau's play "Knights of the Round Table."

We film buffs grew up worshiping Jean Cocteau—particularly his BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ORPHEUS and BLOOD OF A POET—but in recent years he...

This Moroccan romance is a kind of Arab Tristan and Isolde: the heroine kills herself when she is convinced no one cares for her, the young nobleman...

A man waits for his lover alone at home. When he finally arrives, the story of their relationship is told while the beautiful lover is indifferent to...

Each portrayed painter produced an experimental animated short film to be featured in this film. A short film by Herbert Seggelke.

On the banks of the Seine and in the metro, Édith Stockhausen performs a poem by Jean Cocteau.

Jean Cocteau reminisces about the people he has known throughout his long life.

An elegant young woman in her messy room answers the phone call from her lover. This one, who intends to leave her, tries to make her understand what...

The Human Voice is a contemporary adaptation of the 1928 stage play by Jean Cocteau, and "La Voix Humaine," the 1958 chamber opera by Francis...

Impressed by Jean Cocteau’s rewrite of Antigone, Stravinsky asked the poet for an adaptation of Oedipus Rex. The resulting libretto brings...

On stage, the actress talks about her life in the 20th-century French theatre, the great authors she played and the famous stage directors of the...

This short documentary film is conceived as a stroll through the valley of Thebes and the temple of Karnak.