Orpheus in the Underworld

• Rated 7.5 out of 10
• Movie
• 1974
• 1h 28m
• Comedy
• Drama
• Fantasy

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.

Director

Horst Bonnet

Starring

Dorit Gäbler, Rolf Hoppe, Wolfgang Greese, Achim Wichert