La Ronde (1950)

09/27/1950Romance, Comedy, Drama1h 35m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Anton Walbrook

    Raconteur - le meneur de jeu

  2. Cast 1

    Simone Signoret

    Léocadie, la prostitutée

  3. Cast 1

    Serge Reggiani

    Franz, le soldat

  4. Cast 1

    Simone Simon

    Marie, la femme de chambre

  5. Cast 1

    Daniel Gélin

    Alfred, le jeune homme

  6. Cast 1

    Fernand Gravey

    Charles Breitkopf, son mari

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    Gérard Philipe

    Le comte

  8. Cast 1

    Danielle Darrieux

    Emma Breitkopf, la femme mariée

  9. Cast 1

    Jean-Louis Barrault

    The Poet

The hugely charismatic Anton Walbrook takes on the role of our guide - using a carousel quite effectively as his prop - through this charming tale of sex. Delicately delivered - nothing graphic, vulgar or sleazy, but it's essentially a story of sex - with or without love! Aside from underpinning the narrative, Walbrook also portrays half a dozen ancillary characters as we embark on a Viennese Waltz with a difference. Initially, it's the gorgeous lady of the night "Léocadie" (Simone Signoret) who ensnares the poverty stricken soldier "Franz" (Serge Reggiani) and then like a 4x400m relay race, h...

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Original LanguageFrench 

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