The Blood of a Poet

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The Blood of a Poet
Directed by Jean Cocteau
Starring Lee Miller
Pauline Carton
Odette Talazacuez
Feral Benga
Enrique Rivero
Jean Desbordes
Music by Georges Auric
Cinematography Georges Périnal
Distributed by The Criterion Collection
Release date(s) France 20 January 1930
United States 13 November 1933
Running time 55 min.
Country France
Followed by Orpheus
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The Blood of a Poet (French: Le Sang d'un Poete) is a 1930 surrealist film directed by Jean Cocteau. Photographer Lee Miller made her only film appearance in this movie. It is considered the first part of the Orphic Trilogy, which is continued in Orphée (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).

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Preceded by:
Rushmore
The Criterion Collection
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Succeeded by:
Orpheus