La Ronde (1950 film)
| La Ronde | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| 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 |
| Starring | Simone Signoret |
| Narrated by | Anton Walbrook |
| Music by | Oscar Straus |
| Cinematography | Christian Matras |
| Edited by | Léonide Azar |
| Distributed by | Commercial Pictures (US) |
Release dates |
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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 La Ronde. The title means "the round-dance".
The film won the BAFTA award for Best Film and was nominated for two Academy Awards; for Best Writing and Best Art Direction (Jean d'Eaubonne). [1]
Plot summary
Eleven episodes tell the stories of ten illicit sexual encounters involving a prostitute, a soldier, a chambermaid, her employer's son, a married woman, her husband, a young girl, a poet, an actress, a count, and the prostitute again. After each encounter, one of the two partners forms a liaison with the next person, resulting in an unbroken "circle" (ronde) by the end.
Cast
- Anton Walbrook as Meneur de Jeu ("Game Master")
- 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
Production
Although at the time of production, Schnitzler's son was still enforcing his father's stipulation that the play — Reigen (or La Ronde) — should never be performed or adapted, Ophuls was able to secure the rights to it because of Schnitzler's additional stipulation that his French-language translator was to own the rights to the French version.
See also
- La Ronde (1964 film), directed by Roger Vadim, based on the same play
References
- ↑ "NY Times: La Ronde". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
External links
- La Ronde at the Internet Movie Database
- La Ronde at AllMovie
- Rafferty, Terrence. "La ronde: Vicious Circle". Criterion Collection. Retrieved 18 May 2016.