The Blood of a Poet

Name: The Blood of a Poet
Director: Jean Cocteau
Released: 1930
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Pauline Carton, Lee Miller, Féral Benga, Jean Desbordes, Fernand Dichamp

by Jean Cocteau0h501930France

Recommended byArnaud Desplechin, Clément Cogitore

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A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking.

Cast and crew

Credits
- Distributor : Studiocanal
- Production Compagny : Vicomte de Noailles
- Original Music : Georges Auric
- Set Decoration : Jean d'Eaubonne
- Producer : Charles de Noailles
- Director : Jean Cocteau
- Editing : Jean Cocteau
- Scenario : Jean Cocteau
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1930
- French release date : 1 janvier 1932
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : French

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This film is recommended by
- Arnaud Desplechin
- Clément Cogitore
This film is part of the Cinematographic movement
"Les Surréalistes"
See the other films of the movement

The Blood of a Poet

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Credits

Technical details

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By the same director

Beauty and the Beast

Le Testament d'Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi

Orpheus

From the same year

City lights

City Girl

Vampyr

With the same cast

Pauline Carton

La Poison

Confessions of a Cheat

The Private Life of an Actor

Jean Cocteau

Beauty and the Beast

Le Testament d'Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi

Venom and Eternity

Odette Talazac

The Rules of the Game

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

The End of the Day

This film is recommended by

Arnaud Desplechin

Clément Cogitore

This film is part of the Cinematographic movement

"Les Surréalistes"