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Director:
Writers:
Arthur Schnitzler (play)
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Release Date:
16 March 1954 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A Wonderful Merry-Go-Round of Love With Eleven Stars
Plot:
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win more
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Beautiful but badly aged more (21 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Anton Walbrook ... Raconteur

Simone Signoret ... Leocadie, the Prostitute
Serge Reggiani ... Franz, the Soldier
Simone Simon ... Marie, the Housemaid
Daniel Gélin ... Alfred
Danielle Darrieux ... Emma Breitkopf
Fernand Gravey ... Charles Breitkopf, Emma's Husband
Odette Joyeux ... Anna, the Grisette
Jean-Louis Barrault ... Robert Kuhlenkampf, the Poet
Isa Miranda ... Charlotte, the Actress
Gérard Philipe ... The Count
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Clarieux ... (uncredited)
Paulette Frantz ... (uncredited)
Marcel Mérovée ... (uncredited)
Robert Vattier ... Prof. Schuller (uncredited)
Charles Vissière ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Max Ophüls 
 
Writing credits
Arthur Schnitzler (play "Reigen")

Jacques Natanson (adaptation) and
Max Ophüls (adaptation)

Jacques Natanson (dialogue)

Produced by
Ralph Baum .... producer
Sacha Gordine .... producer
 
Original Music by
Oscar Straus  (as Oscar Strauss)
 
Cinematography by
Christian Matras 
 
Film Editing by
Léonide Azar 
 
Production Design by
Jean d'Eaubonne 
 
Costume Design by
Georges Annenkov 
 
Makeup Department
Carmen Brel .... makeup artist (as Carmen Brelle)
 
Production Management
Renée Bardon .... unit production manager
Ralph Baum .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Aboyantz .... assistant director
Paul Feyder .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Marc Frédérix .... assistant production designer
Alfred Marpaux .... assistant production designer
Charles Merangel .... set designer
Henri Vergnes .... set designer (as Vergne)
 
Sound Department
Pierre-Louis Calvet .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ernest Bourreaud .... assistant camera (as E. Bourreuad)
Jean-François Clair .... still photographer
Alain Douarinou .... camera operator
Sam Levin .... still photographer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marie Gromtseff .... assistant costume designer
 
Editorial Department
Suzanne Rondeau .... assistant editor (as S. Rondeau)
 
Music Department
Joe Hajos .... music adaptor
 
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Grégoire Geftmann .... administration director
Lucie Lichtig .... script girl
Noel Mouton .... production secretary (as Noèle Mouton)
 

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Runtime:
97 min | 110 min (1989 restored version)
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Certification:
Iceland:12 | UK:A (1982) | UK:PG (1990) | UK:X (1951) (cut) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Beautiful but badly aged, 12 September 2009
5/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Anton Walbrook plays this all seeing man that brings viewers to 1900 Vienna. There he introduces us to various characters who have sex, then go off and have sex with other characters etc etc until at the end it reaches a full circle.

This movie is beautiful to look at it--the settings and costumes are stunning and there's a wonderful music score. Also all the acting is great--but this is a bore. The film is episodic in nature and doesn't flow together smoothly. The dialogue was (for 1950) pretty risqué but by today's standards it's static and predictable. Also the movie is extremely slow moving with scenes that are stretched out to a ridiculous degree. It seems a lot longer than it's 96 minutes. It's hard to believe that this was banned from the US until 1954 on the grounds that it was immoral! True--everybody has sex but there's no nudity or sex shown at all. Beautiful but static and slow.

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