Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

1959 | 1h 48m | Romance, Drama | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

A streetcar conductor loses his true love during Brazil's carnival season.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Marcel Camus

CAST

Breno Mello

Marpessa Dawn

Lourdes Deoliveira

PRODUCERS

Sacha Gordine

WRITERS

Marcel Camus

Host Intros

07:23
African American Film Critics Association -- Black Orpheus (1959)
Intro Aired: Sep 2018
Introduction and comments following Black Orpheus, 1959, with Gil Robertson and Tyra Martin from the African American Film Critics Association.

Related Videos

Black Orpheus (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Really Getting Hitched?
Clip
Introducing Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) to the grocer, Serafina (Lea Garcia) contrives to leave her alone with Orpheus (Breno Mello) by distracting his fiancee` Mira (Lourdes de Oliveira), in Black Orpheus, 1959.
Black Orpheus (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Her Name Is Eurydice?
Clip
Dancing Orpheus (Breno Mello) and Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn), leads into carnival preparations and the dramatic first appearance of "Death" (Ahdemar da Silva) in Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus, 1959.
Black Orpheus (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Know Rio
Clip
Country girl Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn, born in Pittsburgh, PA!) arrives in Rio before Carnival, met by blind Zeca (Aurino Cassanio) and takes in weird sights, early in Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus, 1959.
Black Orpheus -- (Movie Clip) A Felicidate
Clip
Opening credits, with a nifty effect, in the mountain slums outside Rio, with Carlos Antonio Jobim performing his A Felicidate (composed with Luis Bonfa), from Marcel Camus' international hit Black Orpheus, 1959.
Black Orpheus -- (Movie Clip) Sad And Melancholic
Clip
Left alone after several chance encounters, engaged Orpheus (Breno Mello) and new-in-Rio Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) get friendlier, in Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus, 1959.

Recently Added Films

Recently Added Films

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

1934 | 1h 23m | Drama, Romance | TV-G

Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

1941 | 1h 36m | Comedy, Mystery | TV-G

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

1936 | 1h 21m | Mystery, Comedy | TV-G

You Can't Take It With You

You Can't Take It With You

1938 | 2h 10m | Comedy, Romance | TV-G

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 | 2h 14m | Drama, Comedy | TV-G

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 | 1h 59m | Comedy, Romance | TV-G

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947 | 1h 29m | Crime, Comedy | TV-G

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944 | 1h 44m | Noir, Crime | TV-G

Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941 | 1h 40m | Crime, Comedy | TV-G

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man

1939 | 1h 46m | Crime, Comedy | TV-G

After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man

1936 | 1h 52m | Crime, Comedy | TV-G

The Thin Man

1934 | 1h 31m | Crime, Comedy | TV-G

I Love You Again

I Love You Again

1940 | 1h 39m | Comedy, Romance | TV-G

Double Wedding

1937 | 1h 27m | Comedy, Romance | TV-G

Metropolitan

1990 | 1h 39m | Drama, Comedy | TV-14

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935 | 1h 31m | Comedy, Musical | TV-G

A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races

1937 | 1h 49m | Comedy, Musical | TV-G

At the Circus

1939 | 1h 27m | Comedy, Musical | TV-G

Room Service

1938 | 1h 19m | Comedy | TV-G

Hotel

1967 | 2h 5m | Drama | TV-PG

Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

1954 | 2h 15m | Musical, Biography | TV-G

The Lion Has Wings

The Lion Has Wings

1939 | 1h 19m | Drama | TV-PG

Night Song

1947 | 1h 45m | Romance, Drama | TV-G

Berlin Express

1948 | 1h 30m | Thriller, Crime | TV-PG

SIGN UP NOW

CONNECT WITH TCM