La Ronde (1950 film)
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| Directed by | Max Ophüls |
| Produced by | Ralph Baum Sacha Gordine |
| Screenplay by | Louis Ducreux Kurt Feltz Jacques Natanson Max Ophüls |
| Based on | La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler |
| Narrated by | Anton Walbrook |
| Starring | Simone Signoret |
| Music by | Oscar Straus |
| Cinematography | Christian Matras |
| Editing by | Léonide Azar |
| Distributed by | Commercial Pictures (US) |
| Release date(s) | 27 September 1950 |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
La Ronde is a 1950 film directed by Max Ophüls and based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play of the same name. The title means "the round-dance".
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards; for Best Writing and Best Art Direction (Jean d'Eaubonne). [1]
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[edit] Plot
It tells a series of stories about love affairs or illicit meetings involving a prostitute, a soldier, a chambermaid, her employer's son, a married woman, her husband, a young girl, a poet, an actress and a count. At the end of each encounter, one of the partners forms a liaison with another person, and so on.
[edit] Cast
- Anton Walbrook as Raconteur
- Simone Signoret as Leocadie, the Prostitute
- Serge Reggiani as Franz, the Soldier
- Simone Simon as Marie, the Housemaid
- Daniel Gélin as Alfred
- Danielle Darrieux as Emma Breitkopf
- Fernand Gravey as Charles Breitkopf, Emma's Husband
- Odette Joyeux as Anna, the Grisette
- Jean-Louis Barrault as Robert Kuhlenkampf, the Poet
- Isa Miranda as Charlotte, the Actress
- Gérard Philipe as The Count
[edit] See also
- La Ronde (1964 film), directed by Roger Vadim, based on the same play
[edit] References
- ^ "NY Times: La Ronde". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/65979/La-Ronde/details. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
[edit] External links
- La Ronde at the Internet Movie Database
- La Ronde at AllRovi
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