
Feature film — 1974
Orpheus in the Underworld (1974)
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.
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Director: Horst Bonnet
On screen
Cast & crew

Dorit Gäbler
Eurydike

Rolf Hoppe
Jupiter

Wolfgang Greese
Orpheus
Achim Wichert
Pluto

Gerry Wolff
Jacques
Mona Boxberger
Cupido

Fred Düren
Styx

Helga Piur
Diana
Lisa Macheiner
Juno

Fred Delmare
Merkur

Gisela Bestehorn
Venus

Werner Senftleben
Mars
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