La ronde
La Ronde
France • 1950
Director
#443Criterion Collection →Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorMax Ophüls
CinematographerChristian Matras
ComposerOscar Straus
EditorLéonide Azar
ProducerSacha Gordine, Ralph Baum
Cast
Anton Walbrookas Raconteur - le meneur de jeu
Simone Signoretas Léocadie, la prostitutée
Serge Reggianias Franz, le soldat
Simone Simonas Marie, la femme de chambre