Directed by:
Max OphülsCinematography:
Christian MatrasComposer:
Oscar StrausCast:
Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon, Danielle Darrieux, Fernand Gravey, Odette Joyeux, Jean-Louis Barrault, Isa Miranda (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Anton Walbrook
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Die vertauschte Braut (1934)
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Simone Signoret
German Empire
Best movies:
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
Serge Reggiani
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
The Last Adventure (1967)
Simone Simon
France
Best movies:
La Ronde (1950)
The Human Beast (1938)
Le Plaisir (1952)
Danielle Darrieux
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Marie-October (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
Fernand Gravey
Belgium
Best movies:
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
La Ronde (1950)
Odette Joyeux
France
Best movies:
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
La Ronde (1950)
Sylvie et le fantôme (1946)
Jean-Louis Barrault
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Isa Miranda
Italy
Best movies:
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Gérard Philipe
France
Best movies:
Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Daniel Gélin
France
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
Jean Ozenne
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Les Misérables (1958)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Jean Clarieux
France
Best movies:
Judgment of the God (1952)
Diabolique (1955)
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Robert Vattier
France
Best movies:
The President (1961)
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Charles Vissières
France
Best movies:
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L'Idiot (1946)
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Jean Landier
Best movies:
The Last Adventure (1967)
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La Ronde (1950)
René Marjac
France
Best movies:
Masques (1987)
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
La Ronde (1950)
Paulette Frantz
Best movies:
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Mother (1991)
La Ronde (1950)
Marcel Mérovée
Greece
Best movies:
Forbidden Games (1952)
Street Without a King (1950)
La Ronde (1950)