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Black Orpheus

1959 film by Marcel Camus
Movie film Q538266

Facts

36 properties
Instance of
film
Award received
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Palme d'Or[2][3]
Director
Marcel Camus[4]
Genre
fantasy film, musical film, romance film, drama film, comedy film[10][11][12][13][14]
Publication date
June 12, 1959[39]
Screenwriter
Vinícius de Moraes, Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus[5][6][7]
Based on
Orfeu da Conceição[15]
Producer
Sacha Gordine[22]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, International Submission to the Academy Awards[46][47]
Duration
+107
After a work by
Vinícius de Moraes
Box office
+750000
CNC film rating (France)
no age restriction
Cast member
Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Léa Garcia, Adhemar da Silva, Cartola, Marcel Camus[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Color
color[35]
Composer
Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Carlos Jobim[8][9]
Country of origin
France, Brazil, Italy[36][37][38]
Depicts
Rio Carnival[23]
Director of photography
Jean Bourgoin[26]
Distributed by
The Criterion Collection, Netflix[40][41]
Distribution format
video on demand[31]
FSK film rating
FSK 12
Film editor
Andrée Feix[45]
Filming location
Rio de Janeiro[43]
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Has characteristic
film based on a literary work
Kijkwijzer rating
16
Main subject
Orpheus[44]
Medierådet rating
Prohibited for children under 16
Narrative location
Rio de Janeiro[42]
Original language of film or TV show
Portuguese[27]
P14449
7088
P14821
53146
Production company
Warner Bros. Entertainment, وارنر بروس. بكتشيرز[24][25]
Review score
7.9/10, 88%, 81/100[32][33][34]
Soundtrack release
A felicidade / O nosso amor, Cantando as Músicas do Film Orfeu do Carnaval, Bande Originale du Film "Orfeu Negro"[28][29][30]
Title
Orfeu Negro, Orphée Noire, Black Orpheus
🏷️ Also known as
en Black Orpheus en Orphée Noire en Orphee Noire ar أورفيوس الأسود cs Černý Orfeus da Sort karneval de Orfeu Negro el Μαύρος Ορφέας el Ορφέο Νέγκρο es Orfeo negro fa اورفه سیاه fi Musta Orfeus he אורפאו נגרו hu A fekete Orfeusz ja 黒いオルフェ ko 흑인 오르페 ms Filem Black Orpheus nl Black Orpheus nl De zwarte Orpheus pl Czarny Orfeusz
🔖 Identifiers · 87
VIAF cluster ID
224737949, 6797151002122230280001
Library of Congress authority ID
n96031190
GND ID
1395213550
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Orfeu Negro, 1959.jpg ↗
ACMI ID
works/115950, works/87357
AMPAS collections film ID
W066021
ANICA ID
AG 448
Academy Awards Database film ID
272
Africultures movie ID
12032
AllMovie title ID
v5910
Allcinema film ID
6622
AlloCiné film ID
261
Show all 87 identifiers +75
Amazon Standard Identification Number
B004DEHOCQ
Apple TV movie ID
umc.cmc.l6fevf2erlhhrrietps7ihz4
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
146606866
Cine.gr film ID (archived)
707393
Cinema Context ID
F018514
Cinema.de ID
1310021
Cinematografo.it film ID
8188
Cinematografo.it film ID (new)
orfeo-negro-ohwrntoj
Ciné-Ressources film ID
47215
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID
2261
DNF film ID
4899
Decine21 film ID
5957
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID
36111
Douban film ID
1295967
Dvdcompare.net film ID
3778, 21735
EDb film ID
t0001994
EIDR content ID
10.5240/6C6A-26B4-2218-8394-6DD7-7
ElFilm film ID
53047
Elonet movie ID
131016
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Black-Orpheus-film-by-Camus
Exploitation mark number
20609
FAST ID
1386515
Fandango at Home video ID (formerly Vudu video ID)
14190
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/orfeu-negro
FilmAffinity film ID
172778
FilmVandaag ID
film/15297
Filmfront film ID (archived)
4697
Filmová databáze film ID
29321
Filmweb.no film ID
72609
Filmweb.pl film ID
100296
Freebase ID
/m/04hxvw
IMDb ID
tt0053146
ISAN
0000-0000-4AA4-0000-8-0000-0000-D
ITunes movie ID
1.5B (474.4M–1.5B, n=3)
KINENOTE film ID
12982
Kanopy ID
127172
Kinobox film ID
33722
Kinopoisk film ID
7723
LUMIERE film ID
5092
LdiF ID
40484
Letterboxd film ID
black-orpheus
Library of Congress item ID (LCCN bibliographic)
96506241
MUBI film ID
344
MYmovies audiovisual work ID
17182
Metacritic ID
movie/black-orpheus
Movie Walker Press film ID
mv12897
MovieMeter film ID
7015
Moviepilot.de film ID
orfeu-negro-2
NLP ID
a0000003691863
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007406498005171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4154664
Netflix ID
19599610
NientePopCorn movie ID
orfeu-negro
OFDb film ID
18201
OMDb film ID
54070
PORT film ID
3548
Plex media key
5d776d1851dd69001fe3fe4b
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/black_orpheus
Schnittberichte.com title ID
85735
Scope.dk film ID
7614
Soundtrack Collector title ID
2227
Swedish Film Database ID
14879
TCM Movie Database film ID
68912
TMDB movie ID
40423
TV Guide show ID (former scheme)
109504
TV.com ID
movies/black-orpheus
The Criterion Collection film ID
344
The Criterion Collection spine number
48
TheTVDB movie ID
20392
Trakt.tv ID
movies/black-orpheus-1959
Trakt.tv film ID
26538
Unconsenting Media ID
5115
Unifrance film ID
4193
YouTube video ID
d25uWGoWvx4
ČSFD film ID
129130

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🔗 Connections
Cast member 6
Adhemar da Silva, Marcel Camus, Marpessa Dawn, Cartola, Léa Garcia, Breno Mello
Genre 5
comedy film, drama film, romance film, musical film, fantasy film
Country of origin 3
France, Italy, Brazil
Screenwriter 3
Vinícius de Moraes, Marcel Camus, Jacques Viot
Award received 2
Palme d'Or, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Composer 2
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá
Distributed by 2
Netflix, The Criterion Collection
Director 1
Marcel Camus
Director of photography 1
Jean Bourgoin
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Film editor 1
Andrée Feix
Filming location 1
Rio de Janeiro
Instance of 1
film
Narrative location 1
Rio de Janeiro
Nominated for 1
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Original language of film or TV show 1
Portuguese
Production company 1
Warner Bros. Entertainment
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Summary

Black Orpheus is a film[1].

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Adaptations and Inspiration

Black Orpheus's after a work by is recorded as Vinícius de Moraes[48].

FAQs

What awards did Black Orpheus receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[2] and Palme d'Or[3].

Related Entities

Adhemar da Silva Antônio Carlos Jobim Brazil film France Italy Marcel Camus Netflix Vinícius de Moraes

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [16] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . telerama.fr. Retrieved . telerama.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [21] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [2] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

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  1. 21d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    AMPAS collections film ID → W066021
    GND ID → 1395213550
    Sitelink count → 44
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ AMPAS collections film ID: W066021, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 53146
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 53146, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  3. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film ID → 29321
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film ID: 29321, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  4. 11w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicts → Rio Carnival
    Decine21 film ID → 5957
    Main subject → Orpheus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Decine21 film ID: 5957, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/204268336|Orfeo negro (#204268336)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7078|Decine21 film]] #mix'n'"
  5. 16w ago · Schemathings · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    After a work by → Vinícius de Moraes
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ After a work by: Vinícius de Moraes, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783748775816"
  6. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1959-06-12T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Vinícius de Moraes, Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}
    Original language of film or TV show → Portuguese
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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