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7.6/10   1,274 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Arthur Schnitzler (play)
Jacques Natanson (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
16 March 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
A Wonderful Merry-Go-Round of Love With Eleven Stars
Plot:
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win more
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This movie has a lot more to say than the obvious. more (21 total)

Cast

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Anton Walbrook ... Raconteur

Simone Signoret ... Leocadie, the Prostitute
Serge Reggiani ... Franz, the Soldier
Simone Simon ... Marie, the Housemaid
Daniel Gélin ... Alfred
Danielle Darrieux ... Emma Breitkopf
Fernand Gravey ... Charles Breitkopf, Emma's Husband
Odette Joyeux ... Anna, the Grisette
Jean-Louis Barrault ... Robert Kuhlenkampf, the Poet
Isa Miranda ... Charlotte, the Actress
Gérard Philipe ... The Count
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min | 110 min (1989 restored version)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 | UK:A (1982) | UK:PG (1990) | UK:X (1951) (cut) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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Referenced in Dayereh (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Der Reigen more

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4 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
This movie has a lot more to say than the obvious., 11 October 2006
8/10
Author: ngambi1 from United States

Yes, this movie is based on overt sexual tendencies; there is no argument there. What is so amazing about this movie is the cinematography. Ophuls created so many sweeping shots, so well, using only a camera on a track. This is an amazing feat. Also this movie echoes a lot of Freud. Remember, Ophuls is German and certainly read Freud during his life.

One of Freud's greatest works involving psychoanalysis is parapraxes, or slips of the tongue. In La Ronde, parapraxes play a major role, for parapraxes also apply to misplacement of items (and people). For every love, there is another lover. Freud would say that no matter how much you love your partner, there is a better partner for you out there. A partner that the second you see, you will become instantly infatuated with. La Ronde does an excellent job of this.

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