La Ronde (1950)
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1950 Limited
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An exercise in style, La Ronde was one of the few films of the 1950s to contain overtly sexual themes. The story is a series of character vignettes, set in Vienna in the early 1900s and held together by a narrator (Anton Walbrook). As the title implies, both the story and the film's visual motifs are circular. Director Max Ophuls uses an old-fashioned merry-go-round to foreshadow the film's events, in which each segment introduces a new character, who has an affair with a character from the
Jan 1, 1950 Limited
Sep 16, 2008
Criterion Collection
Cast
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Anton Walbrook
The Master of Ceremonie... -
Simone Signoret
Leocadie the Prostitute -
Serge Reggiani
Franz the Soldier -
Simone Simon
Marie the Maid -
Daniel Gélin
Alfred -
Danielle Darrieux
Emma Breitkopf -
Fernand Gravey
Charles Emma's Husband -
Odette Joyeux
The Grisette -
Jean-Louis Barrault
Robert Kuhlenkampf -
Isa Miranda
The Actress -
Gérard Philipe
The Count -
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Robert Vattier
Prof. Schuller -
Charles Vissiere
The Concierge
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All Critics (18) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (0) | DVD (6)
In what it means to do - capture the first rush of attraction - La Ronde has few screen equals.
max Ophuls's merry-go-round narrative, based on Schnitzler's famous play, is exquistely directed and played by best actors of Frenhc cinema: Darriuex, Signoret, Barrault.
... a film of sparking wit, visual grace, continental sophistication and elegant poise.
A somewhat disappointing package of a truly lovely film.
Each vignette conforms to a tight, outgrowing pattern, so that they each have equal weight, even if Danielle Darrieux's first segment is the one that lingers in the mind.
Never seems more than whimsical.
Visually brilliant, innovatively told drama.
[Ophuls'] most characteristic movie (a good one to start with for beginners).
Elegant and lighter than air, La Ronde is a delightful treat.
Charming as can be, but with a dark underbellly that belies it.
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Foreign Titles
- Der Reigen (DE)
- La Ronde (1950) (UK)
