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.
- 7.3
- 1950
- Released
- 1h 35m
Anton Walbrook
Raconteur - le meneur de jeu
Simone Signoret
Léocadie, la prostitutée
Serge Reggiani
Franz, le soldat
Simone Simon
Marie, la femme de chambre
Daniel Gélin
Alfred, le jeune homme
Fernand Gravey
Charles Breitkopf, son mari
Gérard Philipe
Le comte
Danielle Darrieux
Emma Breitkopf, la femme mariée
Jean-Louis Barrault
The Poet
Odette Joyeux
Anna, la grisette
Isa Miranda
Charlotte
Jean Clarieux
Le brigadier sur le banc (uncredited)
Paulette Frantz
(uncredited)
Jean Landier
(uncredited)René Marjac
(uncredited)Marcel Mérovée
Toni (uncredited)
Jean Ozenne
(uncredited)
Robert Vattier
Le professeur Schüller (uncredited)Jacques Vertan
(uncredited)
Charles Vissières
Le concierge du théatre (uncredited)Released
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Reviews
The hugely charismatic Anton Walbrook takes on the role of our guide - using a carousel quite effectively as his prop - through this charming tale of sex. Delicately delivered - nothing graphic, vulgar or sleazy, but it's essentially a story of sex - with or without love! Aside from underpinning the narrative, Walbrook also portrays half a dozen ancillary characters as we embark on a Viennese Walt