La Ronde (Criterion Collection) (The Criterion Collection) (Restored / Remastered)
- Starring: Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani
- Director: Max Ophüls
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An exercise in style, La Ronde was one of the few films of the 1950s to contain overtly ****** themes. The story is a series of character vignettes, set in Vienna in the early 1900s and held together by a narrator (Anton Walbrook). As the title implies, both the story and the film's visual motifs are circular. Director Max Ophuls uses an old-fashioned merry-go-round to foreshadow the film's events, in which each segment introduces a new character, who has an affair with a character from the previous scene. The film demands that the audience pay attention to the structure, to the interplay among the characters, and to the opulent visual elements; and the effect is synergistic delight, in which the viewer is engaged both visually and intellectually. Because it was filmed in black-and-white, La Ronde does not have the garish look of some of Ophuls' other films, notably Lola Montès. La Ronde is among the few foreign language films to receive multiple Oscar nominations, for Black White Art Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay. Richard Gilliam, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Comedy
- Category: Comedy of Manners
- Release Date: September 16, 2008
- Studio: Criterion
- Lead Actors: Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon, Daniel Gélin
- Supporting Actors: Robert Vattier, Charles Vissieres, Danielle Darrieux, Fernand Gravey, Odette Joyeux, Jean-Louis Barrault, Isa Miranda, Gérard Philipe
- Director: Max Ophüls
- Run Time: 1 hr 33 min
- Language: French
- Subtitle Language: English
- Format: DVD
Awards
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Nominations: Academy Awards (2)
Nominee: Academy Awards Best Screenplay 1951, Jacques Natanson, Max Ophüls
Additional Information
- DPCI: 246-03-0983
- ASIN: B002MN4D2E
- Catalog #: 11523815
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.35 pound.
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