Black Orpheus

Duration: 103 mi

Year Published: 1959

Creator: JANUS

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: The Orpheus-Eurydice legend is re-created against the background of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro with its samba music, dancing and colorful costumes. A streetcar driver and a shy country girl are the doomed lovers in this tragic story. (Circulates)

Complete Record: The Orpheus-Eurydice legend is re-created against the background of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro with its samba music, dancing and colorful costumes. A streetcar driver and a shy country girl are the doomed lovers in this tragic story. (Circulates)

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