Orphée aux Enfers
1997, French. Directed by Herbert Wernicke & Dirk Gryspiert.
Orphée aux Enfers, Offenbach's riotous parody of the dissipations of French life in the Second Empire, fairly gallops past in this 1997 Herbert Wernicke production staged at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Based on Offenbach's meatier second version (1874) of the Orpheus legend, it features nicely judged performances across the board and some stunning special effects, notably the explosive locomotive crash signalling the breach of the divide between Heaven and Hell. Satire reigns, not least in the reactionary figure of Public Opinion, a pinny-clad bossy boots with a hint of Dame Edna Everage about her. Olympus is a moribund salon full of bored Gods, sick of the Ambrosian diet.
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Herbert WernickeDirector
- Dirk GryspiertDirector
- Alexandru BadeaOrphée
- Elizabeth VidalEurydice
- Dale DuesingJupiter
- Reinaldo MaciasAstrée-Pluton
- Marie-Noëlle de CallataÿCupidon
- André JungJohn Styx
- Desirée MeiserL'Opinion Publique
- Laurence MisonneMinerve
- Michele PatzakisVénus
- Sonja TheodoridouDiane
- Jacqueline van QuailleJunon
- Franck CassardMercure
Details
- Released
- 1 May 1997
- Country
- Belgium
- Written by
- Jules Barbier
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Orphée aux Enfers runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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Orphée aux Enfers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 May 1997. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Orphée aux Enfers?
Orphée aux Enfers (1997) was directed by Herbert Wernicke and Dirk Gryspiert and stars Alexandru Badea, Elizabeth Vidal, Dale Duesing.