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La ronde /

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: CC1765D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 443.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©2008.Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages ; black and white illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1604650591
9781604650594

Other title:

Title on container: Ronde a film by Max Ophuls

Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

PN1997 .R6634 2008

Other classification:

GM 5517
GM 5518

Online resources:

Connect to IMDb information for this film

Contents:

Story about love -- Prostitute and the soldier -- Soldier and Marie -- Maid and the young man -- Young man and the married woman: Part 1 -- Young man and the married woman: Part 2 -- Emma and her husband -- Husband and the young girl -- Young girl and the poet -- Poet and the actress -- Actress and the Count -- Count and the prostitute -- Merry-go-round stops -- Color bars.

Production credits:

Directeur de la photographie, Christian Matras ; camera, Alain Douarinou ; montage [editor], (Léonide) Azar ; musique de Oscar Strauss ; décors de (Jean) D'Eaubonne ; costumes de G. (Georges) Annenkov.

Cast: Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon, Daniel Gélin, Danielle Darrieux, Fernand Gravey, Odette Joyeux, Jean-Louis Barrault, Isa Miranda, Gérard Philipe.Summary: La Ronde translates as 'the round' which can refer to the policeman's beat, a circle of dancers, or a carousel, all of which this circular collection of interconnected short stories resembles. Each scene is built around a specific pair, and when one member of the pair breaks away from his or her lover, he or she then moves on to the next, introducing the partner that will lead on to the next pair, and so on until we are back where we started. Many of these lovers are seeking something they've lost in arms that look familiar but that belong to strangers. La ronde is the bittersweet note sounded by the circular nostalgia of the heart.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02797 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050276161

D'après la pièce d' [After the play by] Arthur Schnitzler.

Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1950.

Bonus features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; Circles of desire: Alan Williams on "La Ronde" [featurette] (36 min.); Marcel Ophuls on Max Ophuls [featurette] (7 min.); Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde" [featurette] (13 min.); Schnitzler correspondence [slide show]; booklet includes the essay "Vicious Circle" by Terrence Rafferty.

MPAA Rating: Not rated.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; fullscreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation.

In French with optional subtitles in English.

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