Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermit, Francine Weisweiller during filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée", film of Jean Cocteau. Alberto Magnelli, Susi Magnelli, Michele Sapone, Pablo Picasso, Renato Guttuso. During film Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermit, Francine Weisweiller during filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée", film of Jean Cocteau. Alberto Magnelli, Susi Magnelli, Michele Sapone, Pablo Picasso, Renato Guttuso. During film Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1959.

In Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 1959, a scene is filmed for Jean Cocteau's "Le Testament d’Orphée". Before an ivy-clad villa, costumed figures emerge, including Edouard Dermit in a horned, polka-dotted mask and Francine Weisweiller in period dress holding a parasol. In the foreground, Michele Sapone tends to a production sign reading "ESSAI JOUR 173-HR". From the balcony above, director Jean Cocteau observes alongside Pablo Picasso, Alberto and Susi Magnelli, and Renato Guttuso.


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AtWork, FilmSet, Masks

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