Orpheus in the Underworld (1974)

Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Music

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.

Cast

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

Crew

Director
H Horst Bonnet
Writer
H Horst Bonnet
Original Music Composer
Jacques Offenbach
Director of Photography
O Otto Hanisch
Editor
T Thea Richter
Music Arranger
R Robert Hanell
Conductor
R Robert Hanell
Choreographer
T Tom Schilling
Assistant Director
S Sigrid Meyer
Dramaturgy
M Maurycy Janowski
Costume Design
C Christiane Dorst
Makeup Artist
G Günter Hermstein
Makeup Artist
U Ursula Funk
Makeup Artist
I Inge Merten
Makeup Artist
H Heinz Bernhardt
Costume Design
W Werner Schulz
Sound
K Konrad Walle
Sound
K Klaus Wolter
Production Sound Mixer
G Georg Gutschmidt
Assistant Camera
D Detlef Hertelt
Assistant Camera
H Herbert Kroiss
Animation
O Otto Hanisch
Animation
K Kurt Marks
Production Design
A Alfred Hirschmeier
Production Manager
H Helmut Klein
Unit Production Manager
R Rolf Martius
Unit Production Manager
H Hartmut Plettau