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La Ronde is a 1950 French drama film directed by Max Ophüls. The screenplay was written by Jacques Natanson, Max Ophüls, and Arthur Schnitzler, based on the work Merry-Go-Round by Schnitzler. The film stars Simone Signoret, Anton Walbrook, Serge Reggiani, and Simone Simon. It is presented in black-and-white and focuses on the subject of prostitution within the narrative setting of Vienna.
The production involved Ralph Baum as producer and Christian Matras as director of photography, with music composed by Oscar Straus. Distributed by Netflix and available via video on demand, the film has been released by companies including Films Sacha Gordine and is accessible through providers such as the Criterion Channel, France Channel, and Amazon Channel.
Critical reception includes a review score of 8.2 out of 10 and 94 percent approval. It has received a rating of 7.4 on IMDb and a vote average of 7.266 on TMDb. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. Runtime estimates vary between 93 and 95 minutes.
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7.3An 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.
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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- Merry-Go-Round
- Main subject
- prostitution
- Director
- Max Ophüls
- Screenwriter
- Arthur Schnitzler
- Composer
- Oscar Straus
- Producer
- Ralph Baum
- Cinematographer
- Christian Matras
- Narrative location
- Vienna
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 548137
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1950-01-01
- title
- La Ronde
- color
- black-and-white
- after a work by
- Arthur Schnitzler
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 94%
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