Black Orpheus (1959)
With Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Léa Garcia, Adhemar da Silva, Cartola, Marcel Camus
Directed by Marcel Camus
Black Orpheus (Portuguese: Orfeu Negro [ɔhˈfew ˈnegɾu]) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film directed by French filmmaker Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, which set the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice in a contemporary favela in Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval. The film was an international co-production among companies in Brazil, France and Italy.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
▶ Watch Black OrpheusSaved films live in this browser, no account needed. See your list.
More from POST-WAR
More from the 1950s
FAQ
Where can I watch Black Orpheus for free?
Black Orpheus streams free on MOVIE REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 1h 48m of it.
What year is Black Orpheus from?
Black Orpheus dates from 1959, directed by Marcel Camus. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the POST-WAR channel.
Is Black Orpheus in the public domain?
MOVIE REWIND indexes films that are in the public domain or made freely available on YouTube by their rights holders. Every title is health-checked, so if a copy is pulled it drops out of the rotation.
MOVIE REWIND is free and always will be: no ads, no account, no algorithm. It is kept running by one person, and the catalogue and all of its metadata are given away under CC0. If it showed you something worth watching, you can chip in.
Buy the archivist a coffee