
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.
- Year: 1974
- Country: East Germany, Germany
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
- Studio: DEFA
- Keyword: orpheus, greek mythology, operetta
- Director: Horst Bonnet
- Cast: Dorit Gäbler, Rolf Hoppe, Wolfgang Greese, Achim Wichert, Gerry Wolff, Mona Boxberger