1950 | France | Fiction

La ronde

  • French 93 mins
  • Director | Max Ophuls
  • Writer | Arthur Schnitzler, Jacques Natanson, Max Ophüls
  • Producer | Sacha Gordine

STATUS: Released

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Simone Signoret, Anton Walbrook, and Simone Simon lead a roundelay of French stars in Max Ophuls's delightful, acerbic adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's controversial turn-of-the-century play Reigen. Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats—all are on equal footing in this multicharacter merry-go-round of love and infidelity, directed with a sweeping gaiety as knowingly frivolous as it is enchanting, and shot with Ophuls's trademark mellifluous cinematography.

Desire Infidelity Social‑Class Transience Seduction
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The Criterion Collection
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