La Ronde (1950)
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.
- Released
- 1950-09-27
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Max Ophüls
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 from 150 votes
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
- Isa Miranda as Charlotte
- Jean Clarieux as Le brigadier sur le banc (uncredited)