Orpheus in the Underworld (1974)

In a Belle Époque-inspired Thebes, violinist Orpheus is relieved when his neglected wife, Eurydice, is taken to the Underworld by Pluto—until composer Jacques Offenbach convinces him to stage a reluctant rescue. Horst Bonnet’s adaptation of Orpheus in the Underworld playfully infuses Offenbach’s operetta with East German satire, Hollywood musical aesthetics, and pop culture excess, resulting in a dazzling, high-camp spectacle filmed in lavish 70mm.