Jean Cocteau

1889-1963

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Le Sang d'un poète (1930) [d,w]

La Comédie du bonheur (1942) [w]

L'Éternel retour (1943) [w]

Le Baron fantôme (1943) [a,w]

De Jeanne d'Arc à Philippe Pétain (1944) [a]

La Malibran (1944) [a]

Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945) [w]

La Belle et la bête (1946) [a,d,w]

L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948) [d,w]

L'Amore (1948) [w]

Les Parents terribles (1948) [a,d,w]

Ruy Blas (1948) [w]

Les Noces de sable (1949) [a]

Orphée (1949) [a,d,w]

Coriolan (1950) [a,d,w]

Les Enfants terribles (1950) [a,w]

La Corona negra (1951) [w]

Traité de bave et d'éternité (1951) [a]

Intimate Relations (1953) [w]

8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957) [d]

C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles (1957) [a]

Le Testament d'Orphée (1960) [a,d,w]

La Princesse de Clèves (1961) [w]

Thomas l'imposteur (1965) [w]

Le Désordre à vingt ans (1967) [a]

Il mistero di Oberwald (1981) [w]

Jean Cocteau: Autoportrait d'un inconnu (1985) [a]

Chacun son cinéma (2007) [a]

Deux de la Vague (2010) [a]

Opium (2013) [w]



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