Orpheus's Song (German: Orfeos Traum) is a 2019 Germany LGBTQ+romantic drama film, directed by Tor Iben. The film stars Sascha Weingarten and Julien Lickert. It premiered at the Out Here Now LGBT Film Festival in 2019, before being in limited theatrical release in select cities throughout the Germany the following year.
Synopsis
Two best friends from Berlin win a trip to Greece. On their excursion, they get lost on an island. They spend the night together in a cave and dream a mystical dream. On the next day, nothing between the two will be like it was before.
Cast
Sascha Weingarten as Philipp Mankowski
Julien Lickert as Enis Beckmann
Yonatan Berman as Orpheus
Henry Morales as Hercules
Kristina Kostiv as Kristina
Stefanie Alder as Trainer
Reception
Daniel Jiménez of Letterboxd opined overall: "It takes inspiration from several genres but without landing on any of them, the result is a bleak movie with a weird pacing." Ricky Blue of Letterboxd chided the tone: "All the prologue which is basically like the first half of the movie is fairly dull. Honestly I would say that it feels like watching a porn with all of the sex removed. It's that kind of production. But once they get on the island and out into nature it becomes more watchable."
