The Blood of a Poet

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The Blood of a Poet
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Directed by	Jean Cocteau
Written by	Jean Cocteau
Produced by	Charles de Noailles
Starring	Enrique Riveros Lee Miller Pauline Carton Odette Talazac Féral Benga Jean Desbordes
Cinematography	Georges Périnal
Edited by	Jean Cocteau
Music by	Georges Auric
Distributed by	Tamasa Distribution The Criterion Collection
Release date	20 January 1932 (1932-01-20)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Blood of a Poet (French: Le sang d'un poète) is a 1932 avant-garde film directed by Jean Cocteau, financed by Charles de Noailles and starring Enrique Riveros, a Chilean actor who had a successful career in European films. Photographer Lee Miller made her only film appearance in this movie, which features an appearance by the famed aerialist Barbette.^[1] It is the first part of The Orphic Trilogy, which is continued in Orphée (1950) and concludes with Testament of Orpheus (1960).