L'Orfeo (1978)
- Directed by
- Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
- Genre
- music
- Country
- Germany, Switzerland
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- M/3
- Rating
- 9.2 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film presents a live staged performance of Claudio Monteverdi's early opera L'Orfeo. It follows the myth of Orpheus, a musician who descends into the underworld to bring his wife Eurydice back from the dead.
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