La ronde

1950Movie⏱️ 1h 33mNot Rated

DramaRomance

⭐ 7.4

IMDB Rating

6,426 votes

Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.

Director

Max Ophüls

Writers

Arthur Schnitzler, Jacques Natanson, Max Ophüls

Stars

Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani

Release Date

September 20, 1951

Language

French, Italian

Country

France

🏆 3

Wins

🎯 3

Nominations

💬 49

Reviews

📋 8.4K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Anton Walbrook

as Raconteur

Simone Signoret

as Léocadie

Serge Reggiani

as Franz

Simone Simon

as Marie

Daniel Gélin

as Alfred

Danielle Darrieux

as Emma Breitkopf

Fernand Gravey

as Charles Breitkopf

Odette Joyeux

as Anna

Jean-Louis Barrault

as Robert Kuhlenkampf

Isa Miranda

as Charlotte

💰 Box Office

$852

Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Franstudio, Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France

Production

Films Sacha Gordine

🏷️ Keywords

infidelitysexual desireinterlinked storiescarouselprostitute

🎯 Categories

FrenchPeriod DramaDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

My first Ophul experience

by lasttimeisaw • 2015-07-17

7/10

"My very first Ophüls film, a breezy studio-bound adaption of Arthur Schnitzler's play "Reigen", set in the 1980s in Vienna (yes, I'm freshly returning from a one-week vacation in Vienna). Structurally, LA RONDE adheres firmly to the play's ten liaisons, each stars one pair of its 10 characters in a sequential order, starts with the whore (Signoret) and the solider (Reggiani), then the soldier and the housemaid (Simon), the housemaid and the young gentleman (Gélin), and so forth until it finishes with the Count (Philipe) and the whore, thus consummates "la ronde&qu..."

💡 Did You Know?

Max 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.