Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic82/100
147 audience votes
Key crew
- Max OphülsDirector
- Oscar StrausOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anton WalbrookRaconteur - le meneur de jeu
- Simone SignoretLéocadie, la prostitutée
- Serge ReggianiFranz, le soldat
- Simone SimonMarie, la femme de chambre
- Daniel GélinAlfred, le jeune homme
- Fernand GraveyCharles Breitkopf, son mari
- Gérard PhilipeLe comte
- Danielle DarrieuxEmma Breitkopf, la femme mariée
- Jean-Louis BarraultThe Poet
- Odette JoyeuxAnna, la grisette
- Isa MirandaCharlotte
- Jean ClarieuxLe brigadier sur le banc (uncredited)