Orpheus in the Underworld (1974)
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy · Music
Overview
This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.
Cast
- Dorit Gäbler as Eurydike
- Rolf Hoppe as Jupiter
- Wolfgang Greese as Orpheus
- Achim Wichert as Pluto
- Gerry Wolff as Jacques
- Mona Boxberger as Cupido
- Fred Düren as Styx
- Helga Piur as Diana
- Lisa Macheiner as Juno
- Fred Delmare as Merkur