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Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Actor · 43 · Screenwriter · 36 · Director · 11 · crew · 1
Date of birth
July 5, 1889
Place of birth
Мэзон-Лаффит, Франция
Date of death
October 10, 1963 · 74 years
Height
170 cm
Zodiac sign
♋ Cancer
Career
1925 — 1963 · 38 years
IMDb
67
films & series
8.0
top rating · «Orpheus»

Known for

Orpheus7.9
Orpheus
1950
Testament of Orpheus7.5
Testament of Orpheus
играет самого себя - the Poet · 1959
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown7.8
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
The Blood of a Poet7.2
The Blood of a Poet
1932
The Eternal Return7.2
The Eternal Return
1943

Filmography

2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e MisturasProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturasas: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor—2024DaedalusDaedalusas: Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)Actor6.72022Les parents terriblesLes parents terriblesScreenwriter6.72020A Night at the OperaA Night at the Operaas: Self (archive footage)Actor6.62020The Human Voice: A Story for Our TimesThe Human Voice: A Story for Our TimesScreenwriter—2019The Human VoiceThe Human VoiceScreenwriter6.42018The Image BookThe Image Bookas: (archive footage)Actor6.62018TThe Human VoiceScreenwriter6.92018Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's CastlePoulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's CastleScreenwriter6.72014Human VoiceHuman VoiceScreenwriter6.62013OpiumOpiumScreenwriter5.12011LLes enfants terribles du Cinémaas: Self (archive footage)Actor6.72007Callas assolutaCallas assolutaas: играет самого себя, хроникаActor7.02003Cocteau and CompanyCocteau and Companyas: HimselfActor6.72001Jean Cocteau, cinéasteJean Cocteau, cinéasteas: Self (archive footage)Actor6.71999LLa voix humaineScreenwriter—1997JJean Cocteau: Lies and Truthsas: Self (archive footage)Actor6.61996Great Writers: Jean CocteauGreat Writers: Jean Cocteauas: SelfActor6.71991MMerlínScreenwriter6.61990The Human VoiceThe Human VoiceScreenwriter6.51989La Voix Humaine: Tragédie Lyrique en un ActeLa Voix Humaine: Tragédie Lyrique en un ActeScreenwriter—1985TThe Human VoiceScreenwriter6.71985SSteel Cathedralsas: Self (voice) (archive footage)Actor6.81983Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an UnknownJean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknownas: Self (archive footage)Actor6.81979The Human VoiceThe Human VoiceScreenwriter—1978LLe bel indifférentScreenwriter6.81978LLa voce umanaScreenwriter6.71970DoomwatchDoomwatchas: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)ActorScreenwriter7.11967DDisorder Is 20 Years Oldas: Self (archive footage)Actor6.71964In This Atrocious GardenIn This Atrocious Gardenas: Narrator (voice)ActorScreenwriter6.71964Portrait Souvenir: Jean CocteauPortrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteauas: SelfActor6.71962Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000as: SelfActorDirectorScreenwriter7.01962In Search of Marcel ProustIn Search of Marcel ProustActor—1961Princess of ClevesPrincess of ClevesScreenwriter6.31960America as Seen by a FrenchmanAmerica as Seen by a Frenchmanas: Narrator (Afterword)Actor7.01960LLes gens de lettresActor—1960Beyond the RivieraBeyond the RivieraActor6.71959Testament of OrpheusTestament of Orpheusas: играет самого себя - the PoetActorDirectorScreenwriter7.51958AAnna the MaidScreenwriter6.71957Django ReinhardtDjango ReinhardtScreenwriter6.91955PPantomimesActorScreenwriter6.919558 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 MovementsActorDirector5.91955EEine Melodie - vier Maleras: SelfActor6.71952LLa Villa Santo-Sospiras: SelfActorDirector6.81951Venom and EternityVenom and Eternityas: SelfActor7.11951Black CrownBlack CrownScreenwriter6.71951ColetteColetteas: играет самого себяActor6.71950CoriolanCoriolanActorDirector7.01950OrpheusOrpheusas: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)ActorDirectorScreenwriter7.91950The Strange OnesThe Strange Onesas: Narrator (voice)ActorScreenwriter6.91950TThe Century Is Fiftyas: SelfActor6.61949JJean CocteauActor—1949Daughter of the SandsDaughter of the Sandsas: Narrator (voice)Actor6.71949DDisorderas: SelfActor6.41948The Storm WithinThe Storm Withinas: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)ActorDirectorScreenwriter7.01948The Eagle with Two HeadsThe Eagle with Two HeadsDirectorScreenwriter6.91946Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beastas: The Voice of Magic (uncredited)ActorDirectorScreenwriter7.91946BBlack Friendshipas: NarratorActorScreenwriter—1944FFrom Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétainas: Reciter (voice)Actor6.51943The Eternal ReturnThe Eternal ReturnScreenwriter7.21943La MalibranLa Malibranas: Alfred de MussetActor6.61943The Phantom BaronThe Phantom Baronas: Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantômeActorScreenwriter6.51942The Four-Poster BedThe Four-Poster BedScreenwriter6.41932The Blood of a PoetThe Blood of a Poetas: Bit Part (uncredited)ActorDirectorScreenwriter7.21925JJean Cocteau Makes CinemaActorDirector6.9—TThe Human VoiceScreenwriter——ParadeParadeScreenwriter6.7

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Frequent collaborators

JMJean Marais21GAGeorges Auric17EDEdouard Dermithe13JDJosette Day9FPFrançois Périer8JMJean-Pierre Melville8JVJacques Varennes7MCMaría Casares7JGJean-Luc Godard7JDJean d'Eaubonne7HCHenri Crémieux6RCRenée Cosima6

Trivia

  • Кокто был бисексуалом и около 20 лет его спутником жизни был актёр Жан Маре, начинавший с ролей в его фильмах.
  • Его отец покончил жизнь самоубийством, когда сыну было 9 лет.