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La Ronde
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.
1950 · Directed by Max Ophüls · 95 min · Romance · Comedy · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Cinematography: Christian Matras
- Edited by: Léonide Azar
- Music: Oscar Straus
- Production design: Jean d'Eaubonne
- Produced by: Ralph Baum, Sacha Gordine
Cast
- Anton Walbrook as Raconteur - le meneur de jeu
- Simone Signoret as Léocadie, la prostitutée
- Serge Reggiani as Franz, le soldat
- Simone Simon as Marie, la femme de chambre
- Daniel Gélin as Alfred, le jeune homme
- Fernand Gravey as Charles Breitkopf, son mari
- Gérard Philipe as Le comte
- Danielle Darrieux as Emma Breitkopf, la femme mariée
- Jean-Louis Barrault as The Poet
- Odette Joyeux as Anna, la grisette
Production
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Studios: Films Sacha Gordine
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