Jean Marais

Character: Orphée

François Périer

Character: Heurtebise

María Casares

Character: Death

Marie Déa

Character: Eurydice

Henri Crémieux

Character: Editor

Juliette Gréco

Character: Aglaonice

Roger Blin

Character: The Poet

Edouard Dermithe

Character: Jacques Cégeste

André Carnège

Character: Judge

René Worms

Character: Judge

Raymond Faure

Character: Journalist

Pierre Bertin

Character: Commissioner

Jacques Varennes

Character: Judge

Paul Amiot

Character: Judge (uncredited)

Philippe Bordier

Character: Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Claude Borelli

Character: Une bacchante (uncredited)

Jean-Louis Brau

Character: Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)

Jean Cocteau

Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Renée Cosima

Character: Une bacchante (uncredited)

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Character: Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

René Lacourt

Character: Postman (uncredited)

Julien Maffre

Character: Police Officer (uncredited)

Claude Mauriac

Character: (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Melville

Character: Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Character: Band Leader (uncredited)

Henri San Juan

Character: Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Victor Tabournot

Character: Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)