Jean Marais

Jean Marais - what members say

La Belle Et La Bete review by Zamy from London, England

A gothic fairy tale 16 December 2004
...lack and white cinematography, special effects and the acting particularly from Jean Marais. This DVD also comes packed with extras, including a knowledgeable commenta...

Orphee review by from London

Underworld Paris 6 April 2006
...n 40's Paris it retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.The poet Orphee (Jean Marais) falls in love with Death (played as a femme fatale by Maria Casarès)and his wi...

Donkey Skin review by A customer from Newcastle upon Tyne

Ludicrous but somehow compelling! 3 December 2005
...h production values and big name actors, and if it's through a search on either Jean Marais or Catherine Deneuve that you have arrived here be warned! - this is no highbro...

White Nights (1957)
Starring: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais
Director: Luchino Visconti
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A humble clerk courts a woman who night after night awaits for the return of her lover.

Rate this: 60% from 10 members

Orphee on DVD (1950)
Starring: Jean Marais, Maria Casares, Francois Perier
Director: Jean Cocteau
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Cocteau's luminous adaptation of the famous Greek myth, set in post-occupation Paris, remains one of the most stunning achievements of the auteur's career. Orphee (Jean Marais) is a successful Parisian poet, whom--despite popular acclaim--feels isolated and uninspired. When his wife Eurydice (Marie ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 1,783 member

Les Parents Terribles (1948)
Starring: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel Andre
Director: Jean Cocteau
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When Michel tells his parents he is in love they both dispair for different reasons. While his mother is concerned she will lose her son to this other woman, his father is even more distressed when he learns that this woman is none other than his own mistress, Madeleine. Through a complicated ruse ..read more »

Rate this: 56% from 3 members

La Belle Et La Bete on DVD (1946)
Starring: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel Andre
Director: Jean Cocteau
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Visionary filmmaker and poet Jean Cocteau responded to the terrors and creative constraints of occupied France with this elaborately realized take on the classic fairy tale BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Suggested by his longtime collaborator and muse, French actor Jean Marais, the cinematic version of the ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 2,538 members

Stealing Beauty - 3.0 stars
Donkey Skin - 3.0 stars
Le Bossu - 3.0 stars
White Nights - 3.0 stars
Orphee - 3.5 stars

Orphee - 3.5 stars
La Belle Et La Bete - 3.5 stars
Donkey Skin - 3.0 stars
Stealing Beauty - 3.0 stars
Le Bossu - 3.0 stars

Les Parents Terribles - 3.0 stars
White Nights - 3.0 stars
Le Bossu - 3.0 stars
Stealing Beauty - 3.0 stars
Donkey Skin - 3.0 stars

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Jean Cocteau - 3 times - show films
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