This French film (original title “Orphée”) by Jean Cocteau is set in modern Paris and it is a variation of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The Greek Gods: Full List and Background.Greek Mythology Books you need to read (for adults & kids).mythical proportions came from Germany, with Manfred Noah's 'Helena' (1924), totaling 204 minutes! Many of Germany's silent movie stars and comedians had resurrected the capture of beautiful Helen and the fall of Troy, yielding an honorable aesthetic result! The movie had been surrendered to oblivion until its recent restoration by the Munich Film Museum.
