Circle of Love
(1964)
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Circle of Love
(1964)
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| Anna Karina | ... |
Rose /
Das Stubenmädchen
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| Jean-Claude Brialy | ... |
Alfred /
Der 'Junge Herr'
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Maurice Ronet | ... |
Henri /
Der Ehemann
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Marie Dubois | ... |
La fille /
Die Dirne
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Claude Giraud | ... |
Georges /
Der Soldat
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Francine Bergé | ... |
Maximilienne de Poussy /
Die Schauspielerin
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Bernard Noël | ... |
L'auteur /
Der Dichter
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Jean Sorel | ... |
Le comte /
Der Graf
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Catherine Spaak | ... |
La midinette /
Das 'Süße Mädel'
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Denise Benoît | ... | |
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Anne-Marie Coffinet |
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Dani | ... |
(as Dany Craule)
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Alice Cocéa | ... |
La concierge
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Dany Jacquet |
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In Paris during the summer of 1914 a succession of brief liaisons begins and ends with a soldier and a tart, but on the way moves humourously and sometimes poignantly through a fascinating panorama of society and of attitudes to love.
Updates the 1950 masterpiece to Paris in 1914, shot in rich colour with evocative music, dance and song. A witty script from Jean Anouilh travels through the emotions lightly and, this being France, has slightly weightier moments of literature and philosophy.
Since the men are close to being caricature lovers from a sex farce, which some of the time this is, the film belongs to the women. And what a wonderful collection of beautiful, sexy, so often poignant women! Top billing probably has to go to a gorgeous Jane Fonda, then the lover of the director and later his wife, as a young bourgeois wife. But several others play her close: Anna Karina as the housemaid Rose, Catherine Spaak as the mystery girl, Francine Bergé as the actress Maximilienne, and Marie Dubois as the soft-hearted Breton tart. All good roles, taken with gusto and a joy to watch.