Orpheus in the Underworld

This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.

1974

Comedy·Drama·Fantasy·Music

1h 28min

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Top Billed Cast

Dorit Gäbler
Eurydike
Rolf Hoppe
Jupiter
Wolfgang Greese
Orpheus
Achim Wichert
Pluto
Gerry Wolff
Jacques
Mona Boxberger
Cupido
Fred Düren
Styx
Helga Piur
Diana
Lisa Macheiner
Juno
Fred Delmare
Merkur
Gisela Bestehorn
Venus
Werner Senftleben
Mars
Erich Breese

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