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.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
Daniel Gélin
- Alfred
- (as Daniel Gelin)
Jean Clarieux
- Le brigadier sur le banc
- (uncredited)
Paulette Frantz
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Jean Landier
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
René Marjac
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Marcel Mérovée
- Toni
- (uncredited)
Jean Ozenne
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Robert Vattier
- Le professeur Schüller
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaMax 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.
- GoofsAt about 0:20:00 as the camera pulls back to show Anton Walbrook standing next to Simone Simon's chair the camera rig shadow moves across her.
- Alternate versionsThe Criterion DVD issued in 2008 is 1:33. This is the version shown on TCM.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Century of Cinema: 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema (1995)
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Superficial, slight in significance, but a charmer
I first saw La Ronde in 1950, at an art theatre, when I was completely caught up in the concept and progression of scenes, but only a novice at critical analysis. Consequently, it was one of the first (Beta) videotapes in my collection.I viewed it again last night, for only the second time. I can understand the reactions of those, especially contemporary viewers who expect romantic scenes to be more explicit. (The French were doing that very well long before Hollywood, so the lack in this film does not result from reticence.) Yet after 53 years the film has lost little of its charm for me: (I notice that older viewers tended to rate La Ronde higher than those who are younger.) The linking device came from Schnitzler, not from the film scripter, so could hardly have been avoided, and the segments varied in quality. It seems that the actors did not take the film or themselves too seriously, which was quite appropriate. I recall that the only full-screen close-up came at the end, with Signoret as the prostitute. Was that a final comment on love itself: always exploitative and transitory; as seen in each scene, to a greater or lesser extent.
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- sryder@judson-il.edu
- Jun 3, 2003
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- Vrteska
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- Gross worldwide
- $852
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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