La Ronde

La Ronde

1950 · 95 min · FR · 7.5 (104 votes)
Dir. Max Ophüls · Starring Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon, Daniel Gélin, Fernand Gravey · Music Oscar Straus
DramaRomanceComedy

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.

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A charmingly cynical waltz through Viennese society, where desire and social climbing intertwine. Each encounter sparks another, revealing the interconnectedness of its characters in a witty, sophisticated, and ultimately cyclical exploration of human folly.

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