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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247428_679245.jpg)
Anton Walbrook
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Die vertauschte Braut (1934)
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
![Simone Signoret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381939_9cc7fc.png)
Simone Signoret
German Empire
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
![Serge Reggiani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/726/163726216_bbed5b.png)
Serge Reggiani
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
The Last Adventure (1967)
![Simone Simon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/032/163032572_1f86de.jpg)
Simone Simon
France
Best movies:
La Ronde (1950)
The Human Beast (1938)
Le Plaisir (1952)
![Danielle Darrieux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/822/160822419_90fe42.png)
Danielle Darrieux
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Marie-October (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
![Fernand Gravey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309416_a3f06b.jpg)
Fernand Gravey
Belgium
Best movies:
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
La Ronde (1950)
![Odette Joyeux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440685_d453ed.jpg)
Odette Joyeux
France
Best movies:
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
La Ronde (1950)
Sylvie et le fantôme (1946)
![Jean-Louis Barrault](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/726/163726484_671b35.png)
Jean-Louis Barrault
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
![Isa Miranda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279904_05f6d9.jpg)
Isa Miranda
Italy
Best movies:
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
![Gérard Philipe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099082_7fafd8.jpg)
Gérard Philipe
France
Best movies:
Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
![Daniel Gélin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275944_853db9.jpg)
Daniel Gélin
France
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
![Jean Ozenne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440773_1f5071.jpg)
Jean Ozenne
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Les Misérables (1958)
Goodbye Again (1961)
![Jean Clarieux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/033/880/33880002_c8c6ce.jpg)
Jean Clarieux
France
Best movies:
Judgment of the God (1952)
Diabolique (1955)
Golden Marie (1952)
![Robert Vattier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677381_61a343.jpg)
Robert Vattier
France
Best movies:
The President (1961)
La Putain respectueuse (1952)
Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)
![Charles Vissières](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312330_d5e283.jpg)
Charles Vissières
France
Best movies:
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
L'Idiot (1946)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
![Jean Landier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/125/158125878_63ae0f.jpg)
Jean Landier
Best movies:
The Last Adventure (1967)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
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)