"Carousel" ( Eng. La Ronde ) - an adaptation of the scandalously famous play by Arthur Schnitzler " Round dance " (1900), carried out in 1950 by film director Max Ofyuls . Following Ophuls, Schnitzler’s play, which at one time was considered scrupulous and accused of insulting public morality [1] , was transferred to the movie screen by Roger Vadim (1964) and Otto Schenk (1973).
| Carousel | |
|---|---|
| La ronde | |
 | |
| Genre | drama / romance |
| Producer | Max Ofyuls |
| Producer | Ralph Baum Sasha Gordin |
| Author script | Louis Ducreux Kurt Felz Jacques Nathanson Max Ofyuls |
| In the main cast | Simone Signoret Serge Reggiani |
| Operator | Christian Matra |
| Composer | Oscar Strauss |
| Film company | Films sacha gordine |
| Duration | 95 minutes |
| A country |  France |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1950 |
| IMDb | ID 0042906 |
Story
The action takes place in Vienna at the end of the 19th century. Love and temptation are metaphorically presented as an endless tragicomic round dance . Each of the characters enters into a romantic relationship with the previous one, then breaks up with him and falls in love with the next character. One after another, the spectators are heartbroken by the prostitute, soldier, servant, son of her mistress, married lady, her husband, a young inexperienced girl, poet, actress and aristocrat.
Cast
- Simone Signoret - Leocadia, a prostitute
- Serge Reggiani - Franz Soldier
- Simone Simon - Marie, the maid
- Danielle Jelen - Alfred
- Daniel Darje - Emma Brightkopf
- Fernand Grave - Carl Breitkopf, Emma's husband
- Odette Zhuayo - Anna, grisette
- Jean-Louis Barro - Robert Kulenkampf, poet
- Isa Miranda - Charlotte, actress
- Gerard Philip - Count
- Anton Walbrook - from the author
Receptions
The Merry-Go-Round illustrates the fascination of Ophuls with continuous plans and the rotation of action in the rhythm of a waltz . The first, deliberately theatrical stage made a great impression on the young Kubrick [2] . Anton Walbrook acts as the ceremonial and narrator [3] . His persona and voice, together with the non-stop sounds of Strauss's waltz, help to link disparate episodes into an organic whole [4] . Costumes of the " beautiful era " for the film was created by Yuri Annenkov .
Rewards
Max Ofyuls' Carousel is one of the few non-English films to be nominated for an Oscar in more than one category. The film claimed for American awards in the sections "Best Screenplay" and "Best Work of a Production Designer." The Carousel also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film.
Notes
- ↑ The play is not so much about the cycle of love, but about the cycle of venereal disease .
- ↑ Cinema's 50 greatest flops, follies and failures: part 4 with Time Out Film - Time Out London
- ↑ La ronde | Chicago reader
- ↑ La Ronde Review. Movie Reviews - Film - Time Out London
Links
- Carousel on the Internet Movie Database
- Carousel on allmovie