Filmography
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Known For
Beauty and the Beast Writer (1946) -
Orpheus Writer (1950) -
The Eagle with Two Heads Writer (1948) -
Known For
Testament of Orpheus Writer (1960) -
Writer
The Human Voice (2021) -
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The Human Voice (2020) -
The Human Voice (2019) -
La voix humaine (2018) -
The Human Voice (2018) -
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Human Voice (2014) -
Opium (2013) -
![Blues]( "Blues")
Blues (2012) -
Ea3 (2010)
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![Roland Petit: Le Jeune Homme et la Mort & Carmen]( "Roland Petit: Le Jeune Homme et la Mort & Carmen")
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Hot House (2003)
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Les parents terribles (2003)
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![Beautiful]( "Beautiful")
Beautiful (2002) -
Kerstmatinee 2001 (2001)
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![La voix humaine]( "La voix humaine")
La voix humaine (1999) -
The Walled Garden (1999)
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![Mia foni... mia poli]( "Mia foni... mia poli")
Mia foni... mia poli (1996) -
Le train bleu (1994)
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Bakchus (1993)
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Le bel indifférent (1993)
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![Edwige Feuillère en scène]( "Edwige Feuillère en scène")
Edwige Feuillère en scène (1993) -
![Drug-Taking and the Arts]( "Drug-Taking and the Arts")
Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993) -
![Great Performances]( "Great Performances")
Great Performances (1993) -
![Merlín]( "Merlín")
Merlín (1991) -
![Carole Farley in 'the Telephone' and 'La Voix Humaine']( "Carole Farley in 'the Telephone' and 'La Voix Humaine'")
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![La voix humaine]( "La voix humaine")
La voix humaine (1990) -
Die geliebte Stimme (1989)
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![Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown]( "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown")
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![Saturday Review]( "Saturday Review")
Saturday Review (1986) -
La voz humana (1986)
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![The Human Voice]( "The Human Voice")
The Human Voice (1985) -
![Oedipus Rex]( "Oedipus Rex")
Oedipus Rex (1984) -
![Emmenez-moi au théâtre]( "Emmenez-moi au théâtre")
Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982-1983) -
Lidský hlas (1982)
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Rettenetes szülõk (1981)
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Les parents terribles (1980)
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![Estudio 1]( "Estudio 1")
Estudio 1 (1969-1980) -
![The Mystery of Oberwald]( "The Mystery of Oberwald")
The Mystery of Oberwald (1980) -
La dame de Monte Carlo (1979)
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La voce umana (1978)
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![Le bel indifférent]( "Le bel indifférent")
Le bel indifférent (1978) -
![Teatro estudio]( "Teatro estudio")
Teatro estudio (1977) -
The Human Voice (1976)
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![The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard]( "The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard")
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Az emberi hang (1976)
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L'aigle à deux têtes (1975)
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Le bel indifférent (1975)
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Kaunis välinpitämätön (1974)
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![Alta comedia]( "Alta comedia")
Alta comedia (1973) -
Oedipus Rex (1972)
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![La Voix humaine]( "La Voix humaine")
La Voix humaine (1971) -
I mostri sacri (1971)
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Renaud et Armide (1969)
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![Oedipus Rex]( "Oedipus Rex")
Oedipus Rex (1969) -
Der schöne Gleichgültige (1967)
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![ABC Stage 67]( "ABC Stage 67")
ABC Stage 67 (1967) -
De onverschillige (1967)
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![The Human Voice]( "The Human Voice")
The Human Voice (1966) -
De tweekoppige adelaar (1966)
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La machine à écrire (1966)
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A Voz Humana (1965)
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![Thomas the Impostor]( "Thomas the Impostor")
Thomas the Impostor (1965) -
Mahdottomat vanhemmat (1964)
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Estudio 3 (1964)
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![Festival]( "Festival")
Festival (1963) -
![Prestige de la musique]( "Prestige de la musique")
Prestige de la musique (1963) -
La machine infernale (1963)
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![Stemmen]( "Stemmen")
Stemmen (1963) -
Thirty Minute Theatre (1962)
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![Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000]( "Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000")
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Der arme Matrose (1962)
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![ITV Play of the Week]( "ITV Play of the Week")
ITV Play of the Week (1957-1962) -
École des vedettes (1956-1962)
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La farce du château (1961)
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Q for Quest (1961)
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![Princess of Cleves]( "Princess of Cleves")
Princess of Cleves (1961) -
![Play of the Week]( "Play of the Week")
Play of the Week (1961) -
Les parents terribles (1960)
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Die geliebte Stimme (1960)
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![Testament of Orpheus]( "Testament of Orpheus")
Testament of Orpheus (1960) -
Pisaca masina (1960)
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Shoestring Theatre (1959)
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![Grande Teatro Tupi]( "Grande Teatro Tupi")
Grande Teatro Tupi (1959) -
Anna la bonne (1958)
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![Television Theater]( "Television Theater")
Television Theater (1957-1958) -
![Le bel indifférent]( "Le bel indifférent")
Le bel indifférent (1958) -
Cherchez la Femme (1958)
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Les monstres sacrés (1957)
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![Django Reinhardt]( "Django Reinhardt")
Django Reinhardt (1957) -
Bacchus (1957)
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Der schöne Gleichgültige (1956)
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A l'aube d'un monde (1955)
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Pantomimes (1955)
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![Bonjour Paris]( "Bonjour Paris")
Bonjour Paris (1953) -
![TV de Vanguarda]( "TV de Vanguarda")
TV de Vanguarda (1953) -
![Disobedient]( "Disobedient")
Disobedient (1953) -
The Divine Creatures (1952)
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![La villa Santo Sospir]( "La villa Santo Sospir")
La villa Santo Sospir (1952) -
![Black Crown]( "Black Crown")
Black Crown (1951) -
![Les Enfants Terribles]( "Les Enfants Terribles")
Les Enfants Terribles (1950) -
Days of Our Years (1950)
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![Orpheus]( "Orpheus")
Orpheus (1950) -
![The Emperor's Nightingale]( "The Emperor's Nightingale")
The Emperor's Nightingale (1949) -
La Norvège sans les Vikings (1948)
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![Les Parents Terribles]( "Les Parents Terribles")
Les Parents Terribles (1948) -
![The Eagle with Two Heads]( "The Eagle with Two Heads")
The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) -
![L'amore]( "L'amore")
L'amore (1948) -
![Ruy Blas]( "Ruy Blas")
Ruy Blas (1948) -
The Infernal Machine (1947)
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L'amitié noire (1946)
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![Beauty and the Beast]( "Beauty and the Beast")
Beauty and the Beast (1946) -
![Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne]( "Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne")
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![Love Eternal]( "Love Eternal")
Love Eternal (1943) -
![The Phantom Baron]( "The Phantom Baron")
The Phantom Baron (1943) -
![Comedy of Happiness]( "Comedy of Happiness")
Comedy of Happiness (1940) -
Writer
![The Blood of a Poet]( "The Blood of a Poet")
The Blood of a Poet (1932) -
Actor
![O Sal da Lua]( "O Sal da Lua")
O Sal da Lua (2010) -
![8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements]( "8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements")
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Pantomimes (1955)
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![Coriolan]( "Coriolan")
Coriolan (1950) -
![Les Enfants Terribles]( "Les Enfants Terribles")
Les Enfants Terribles Narrator (1950) -
![Orpheus]( "Orpheus")
Orpheus Narrator (1950) -
![Les Parents Terribles]( "Les Parents Terribles")
Les Parents Terribles Narrator (1948) -
![Daughter of the Sands]( "Daughter of the Sands")
Daughter of the Sands Récitant / Narrator (1948) -
![Beauty and the Beast]( "Beauty and the Beast")
Beauty and the Beast Voice of Magic (1946) -
![La Malibran]( "La Malibran")
La Malibran Alfred de Musset (1944) -
![The Phantom Baron]( "The Phantom Baron")
The Phantom Baron Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme (1943) -
![The Blood of a Poet]( "The Blood of a Poet")
The Blood of a Poet Bit Part (1932) -
Actor
![Jean Cocteau fait du cinéma]( "Jean Cocteau fait du cinéma")
Jean Cocteau fait du cinéma (1925) -
Director
![Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000]( "Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000")
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![Testament of Orpheus]( "Testament of Orpheus")
Testament of Orpheus (1960) -
![8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements]( "8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements")
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![La villa Santo Sospir]( "La villa Santo Sospir")
La villa Santo Sospir (1952) -
![Coriolan]( "Coriolan")
Coriolan (1950) -
![Orpheus]( "Orpheus")
Orpheus (1950) -
![Les Parents Terribles]( "Les Parents Terribles")
Les Parents Terribles (1948) -
![The Eagle with Two Heads]( "The Eagle with Two Heads")
The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) -
![Beauty and the Beast]( "Beauty and the Beast")
Beauty and the Beast (1946) -
![The Blood of a Poet]( "The Blood of a Poet")
The Blood of a Poet (1932) -
Director
![Jean Cocteau fait du cinéma]( "Jean Cocteau fait du cinéma")
Jean Cocteau fait du cinéma (1925) -
Soundtrack
![Picasso and Dance]( "Picasso and Dance")
Picasso and Dance (2005) -
![La voix humaine]( "La voix humaine")
La voix humaine (1990) -
![Martin and Lea]( "Martin and Lea")
Martin and Lea (1979) -
![The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard]( "The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard")
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SoundtrackLe Jeune Homme et la Mort (1967)
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Archive footage
![La Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part]( "La Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part")
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![Charlie Parker, Bird Songs]( "Charlie Parker, Bird Songs")
Charlie Parker, Bird Songs (2022) -
![Correspondances: Jean Cocteau - Pablo Picasso]( "Correspondances: Jean Cocteau - Pablo Picasso")
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Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
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![Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur]( "Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur")
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur (2021) -
![Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner]( "Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner")
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![A Night at the Opera]( "A Night at the Opera")
A Night at the Opera (2020) -
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![Le doc Stupéfiant]( "Le doc Stupéfiant")
Le doc Stupéfiant (2019) -
![Le temps des nababs]( "Le temps des nababs")
Le temps des nababs (2019) -
Compression (2019)
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![Art of Style]( "Art of Style")
Art of Style (2018) -
![Conversation avec Romy Schneider]( "Conversation avec Romy Schneider")
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![The Image Book]( "The Image Book")
The Image Book (2018) -
![Maria By Callas]( "Maria By Callas")
Maria By Callas (2017) -
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![La galerie France 5]( "La galerie France 5")
La galerie France 5 (2013-2015) -
![Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique]( "Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique")
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![L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre]( "L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre")
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![Paris: The Luminous Years]( "Paris: The Luminous Years")
Paris: The Luminous Years (2010) -
![Two in the Wave]( "Two in the Wave")
Two in the Wave (2010) -
![Callas assoluta]( "Callas assoluta")
Callas assoluta (2007) -
![To Each His Own Cinema]( "To Each His Own Cinema")
To Each His Own Cinema (2007) -
Personnel et confidentiel (2007)
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![20 heures le journal]( "20 heures le journal")
20 heures le journal (2007) -
![La légende]( "La légende")
La légende (2006) -
Le cinéma de Jean Giono (2004)
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![Piaf, sans amour on n'est rien du tout]( "Piaf, sans amour on n'est rien du tout")
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![Histoires de festival]( "Histoires de festival")
Histoires de festival (2002) -
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![François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child]( "François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child")
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Sarah (1988)
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![Saturday Review]( "Saturday Review")
Saturday Review (1986) -
![O Picasso]( "O Picasso")
O Picasso (1985) -
Steel Cathedrals (1985)
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Vivement Truffaut (1985)
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![Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown]( "Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown")
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![Stravinsky: Once at a Border...]( "Stravinsky: Once at a Border...")
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Une légende, une vie (1976)
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![Singing During the Occupation]( "Singing During the Occupation")
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![God Chose Paris]( "God Chose Paris")
God Chose Paris (1969) -
Disorder Is 20 Years Old (1967)
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![Pour le plaisir]( "Pour le plaisir")
Pour le plaisir (1965) -
![New Reports from France]( "New Reports from France")
New Reports from France (1964) -
![Reflets de Cannes]( "Reflets de Cannes")
Reflets de Cannes (1964) -
![Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse]( "Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse")
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Film Profile (1958)
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Archive footage
![Around the World with Orson Welles]( "Around the World with Orson Welles")
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Palais-Royal (1951)
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Art DepartmentHommage à Serge Lifar (1987)
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![Venom and Eternity]( "Venom and Eternity")
Venom and Eternity (1951) -
Additional Crew
![La cravate]( "La cravate")
La cravate (1957) -
![D'autres sont seuls au monde: Henri Martin, marin de France]( "D'autres sont seuls au monde: Henri Martin, marin de France")
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ComposerLe Jeune Homme et la Mort (1967)
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ComposerAnna la bonne (1958)
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Costume DesignerHommage à Serge Lifar (1987)
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Aller et retour (1948)
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Editor
![The Blood of a Poet]( "The Blood of a Poet")
The Blood of a Poet (1932) -
Production DesignerPhädra (1964)
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Music DepartmentChansons von Jean Cocteau (1965)
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Did You Know
Trivia
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." Pages 144-147. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
Quotes
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
Trademark
Almost always cast his protege and lover, 'Jean Marais'.
Star Sign
Cancer
Personal Details
Born
Jean Maurice Eugène Cocteau
Maisons-Laffitte, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France
Died
(age 74)
Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, France
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