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.
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Cast
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Dorit Gäbler
Eurydike
Also in
Take Care of Susi!
Moritz in der Litfaßsäule
Rolf Hoppe
Jupiter
Known for
Three Wishes for Cinderella
Mephisto
Thea Richter
Hector Crémieux
Horst Bonnet
Wolfgang Greese
Orpheus
Also in
Ghosts under the Ferris Wheel
Fridolin
Ludovic Halévy
Otto Hanisch
Achim Wichert
Pluto
No other roles listed
Joachim Hess
Jacques Offenbach
Kurt Marschner
Pluto
Horst Bonnet Director · Jacques Offenbach Composer Otto Hanisch Cinematographer
First release February 7, 1974 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA, DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Production
XG · Germany
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Original title
Orpheus in der Unterwelt
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 7, 1974
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
February 20, 1975
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