The Blood of a Poet

1h 3m 1932

Brief Synopsis

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A factory chimney starts to collapse. A young poet in a room sketching a series of faces is shocked when the mouth of one of the faces comes alive. The poet rubs off the mouth on to his hand. After an erotic interlude with the transplanted mouth, the young poet wipes the mouth on to a statue, which then comes to life and forces the poet to walk within a mirror in the room, which leads to the corridor of a mysterious hotel. After witnessing a...

Cast & Crew

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Jean Cocteau

Director

Lee Miller

Enrique Rivero

Jean Cocteau

Voice S

Jean Cocteau

Narration

Georges Auric

Music

Film Details

Also Known As
Blood of a Poet, Sang d'un poete, Le
Genre
Drama
Experimental
Fantasy
Release Date
1932
Distribution Company
New Yorker Films; Tartan Video

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 3m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

Synopsis

A surreal vision with adolescent angels wandering about, black boxers with perfect bodies taking flight, school children in capes killing each other with snowballs, a mirror turning into a swimming pool, and the hallways of a furnished hotel transforming into a labyrinth.

Director

Jean Cocteau

Director

Cast

Lee Miller

Enrique Rivero

Jean Cocteau

Voice S

Jean Cocteau

Narration

Crew

Georges Auric

Music

Jean Cocteau

Editor

Jean Cocteau

Other

Jean Cocteau

Screenwriter

Georges Perinal

Director Of Photography

Film Details

Also Known As
Blood of a Poet, Sang d'un poete, Le
Genre
Drama
Experimental
Fantasy
Release Date
1932
Distribution Company
New Yorker Films; Tartan Video

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 3m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

Quotes

Trivia

Because of the October 1930 scandal around Luis Bu?uel's Age d'or, L' (1930) - another film financed by Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles - the Paris premiere of this film was delayed until January 1932.

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States on Video 1992

Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 18-28, 1998.

First shown in 1932.

16mm

b&w

dialogue French

Released in United States on Video 1992

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