Retells the story of Orpheus, whose bride Eurydice was killed by a snake at the order of the son of Apollo, and who bravely goes to the underworld in an attempt to bring her back.

A modern account of the Orpheus myth. An 18th-century poet travels through time on a quest for divine wisdom.

When Orpheus, a charming mortal musician, arrives at Mount Olympus Academy, he asks Persephone to help reunite him with his lost love, Eurydice, but trying to manipulate the rules of the underworld puts her at odds with her boyfriend, Hades.

The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time.

"Harry Black, a conscientious objector, artist, and firefighter battling the blazes of German bombing in London in 1944, wakes in the hospital to news that his soldier brother, Ellis, has been killed. In the delirium of his wounded state, Harry's mind begins to blur the distinctions between the reality of war-torn London, the fiction of his unpublished sci-fi novel, and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Driven by visions of Ellis still alive and a...

A 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau that depicts a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead through Cocteau's famous mirrored portal. Orpheus represents the legendary Cocteau at the height of his abilities for peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling.

"The film follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets: 'Genus' by Wayne McGregor, 'Medea' by Angelin Preljocaj, 'The House of Bernarda Alba' by Mats Ek, 'Paquita' by Pierre Lacotte, 'The Nutcracker' by Rudolph Nureyev, 'Orpheus and Eurydice' by Pina Bausch, and 'Romeo and Juliet' by Sasha Waltz. The film shows the work involved in administering the company and the coordinated and collaborative work of choreographers, ballet masters, dancers,...