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La Ronde

Original title: La ronde
  • 19501950
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  • 1h 33m
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7.5/10
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La ronde (1950)
  • Drama
  • Romance
Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
5.4K
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  • Director
    • Max Ophüls
  • Writers
    • Arthur Schnitzler(play "Reigen")
    • Jacques Natanson(adaptation)
    • Max Ophüls(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Anton Walbrook
    • Simone Signoret
    • Serge Reggiani
Top credits
  • Director
    • Max Ophüls
  • Writers
    • Arthur Schnitzler(play "Reigen")
    • Jacques Natanson(adaptation)
    • Max Ophüls(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Anton Walbrook
    • Simone Signoret
    • Serge Reggiani
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    • 38User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Gérard Philipe in La ronde (1950)
    Daniel Gélin and Danielle Darrieux in La ronde (1950)
    Simone Simon in La ronde (1950)
    Daniel Gélin in La ronde (1950)
    Gérard Philipe and Simone Signoret in La ronde (1950)
    Danielle Darrieux and Fernand Gravey in La ronde (1950)
    Serge Reggiani and Simone Simon in La ronde (1950)

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    Anton Walbrook
    Anton Walbrook
    • Raconteuras Raconteur
    Simone Signoret
    Simone Signoret
    • Léocadieas Léocadie
    Serge Reggiani
    Serge Reggiani
    • Franzas Franz
    Simone Simon
    Simone Simon
    • Marieas Marie
    Daniel Gélin
    Daniel Gélin
    • Alfredas Alfred
    • (as Daniel Gelin)
    Danielle Darrieux
    Danielle Darrieux
    • Emma Breitkopfas Emma Breitkopf
    Fernand Gravey
    Fernand Gravey
    • Charles Breitkopfas Charles Breitkopf
    Odette Joyeux
    Odette Joyeux
    • Annaas Anna
    Jean-Louis Barrault
    Jean-Louis Barrault
    • Robert Kuhlenkampfas Robert Kuhlenkampf
    Isa Miranda
    Isa Miranda
    • Charlotteas Charlotte
    Gérard Philipe
    Gérard Philipe
    • Le comteas Le comte
    Jean Clarieux
    • Le brigadier sur le bancas Le brigadier sur le banc
    • (uncredited)
    Paulette Frantz
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Jean Landier
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    René Marjac
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Marcel Mérovée
    • Tonias Toni
    • (uncredited)
    Jean Ozenne
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Vattier
    Robert Vattier
    • Le professeur Schülleras Le professeur Schüller
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Max Ophüls
    • Writers
      • Arthur Schnitzler(play "Reigen")
      • Jacques Natanson(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Max Ophüls(adaptation)
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    Storyline

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    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. —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
    • carousel
    • infidelity
    • sexual desire
    • interlinked stories
    • period drama
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    • Taglines
      • A Wonderful Merry-Go-Round of Love With Eleven Stars
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Max Ophüls and his co-scenarist, Jacques Natanson, added one more character to the ten in Arthur Schnitzler's play--an unnamed, godlike figure, played by Anton Walbrook.
    • Goofs
      Around 01:08:47, the woman is sitting at left of the piano. Around 01:09:18, she's sitting front of it.
    • Quotes

      Franz: How about that bench, Miss Marie?

      Marie: No, Monsieur Franz. It's too dark here.

      Franz: Don't be afraid. I'm here.

      Marie: That's just it.

    • Alternate versions
      The Criterion DVD issued in 2008 is 1:33. This is the version shown on TCM.
    • Connections
      Featured in Century of Cinema: 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      La Ronde de l'Amour
      Music by Oscar Straus

      Lyrics by Louis Ducreux

      Sung by Anton Walbrook

    User reviews38

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    My first Ophul experience
    My very first Ophüls film, a breezy studio-bound adaption of Arthur Schnitzler's play "Reigen", set in the 1980s in Vienna (yes, I'm freshly returning from a one-week vacation in Vienna). Structurally, LA RONDE adheres firmly to the play's ten liaisons, each stars one pair of its 10 characters in a sequential order, starts with the whore (Signoret) and the solider (Reggiani), then the soldier and the housemaid (Simon), the housemaid and the young gentleman (Gélin), and so forth until it finishes with the Count (Philipe) and the whore, thus consummates "la ronde".

    One prominent change is that Ophüls introduces an all-knowing raconteur (Walbrook), who is quite omnipresent, not only shepherds viewers into each story, but takes on minor roles whenever transition from one scene to another is needed as well, Walbrook is vivacious and stylish as the master of ceremonies, croons the theme strain from time to time, slyly breaks the fourth wall or intervenes in the happenings occasionally; whereas the sundry characters are primarily driven by their desire and impulsion regardless of their identities, each is equally allotted a fifteen-minute or so screen time divided into two parts with two different opposite-sex, like the merry-go-round in the background, they flirt, seduce, debate, banter and having sex (off-screen) in the most casual fashion, when they put on their clothes again, no string is attached, they can continue a small talk like friends or just move on to the next chapter without hesitation. It is the quintessential of cinematic operetta doesn't impose on lecturing viewers, only to divert, to flirt, to vivify the atmosphere and to evince the Franco-philosophy of c'est la vie!

    Essentially the film is a star-studded celebrity parade, household names like Signoret, Simon, Darrieux, Miranda and Philipe etc. are indisputably in their most magnificent form although none of them is given too much fodder to capitalise on, it is all the same, for cinephiles alone, an eye-opening feast to worship, thanks to the fluid camera-work and the florid production exclusively set inside the studio, it is an escapist's utter pleasure to accommodate oneself to a sumptuous period where everything looks so nostalgically charming and beguilingly narcissistic, so we can all be free and easy, at least for 97-minutes.
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    • Jul 17, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 20, 1951 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Carlotta Films (France)
      • Criterion (United States)
    • Languages
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Vrteska
    • Filming locations
      • Franstudio, Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France
    • Production company
      • Films Sacha Gordine
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $852
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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