The Round Dance (1964)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The dance |
| Original title | La Ronde |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Roger Vadim |
| script |
Jean Anouilh after Arthur Schnitzler |
| production |
Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim |
| music | Michel Magne |
| camera | Henri Decaë |
| cut | Victoria Mercanton |
| occupation | |
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Der Reigen is a Franco-Italian feature film from 1964 based on the play of the same name by Arthur Schnitzler . The dramaturge Jean Anouilh moves the setting of the play from Vienna to Paris in the time of the Belle Époque . The film premiered in the Federal Republic of Germany on October 16, 1964.
action
The film is about fleeting encounters between the male and female sex. The whore makes the beginning. The soldier is not picky and follows her to the room. As soon as the sexual intercourse has taken place, the soldier throws himself into a new amorous adventure: he seduces the maid, who lets herself be dazzled by the smart uniform. The maid, in turn, then turns to the “young man”, the grown-up son of his employer. For him the clerk is only a test subject for intercourse with a true lady. He soon meets him in the form of the "young woman". Although this initially offers some resistance, in the end the youngster is happy to be defeated. It is precisely this that the woman so often misses in her husband. But today he finds her desirable again and goes to bed with her. It is very important to him that she remains decent, as befits a wife. But he himself finds it completely normal to have fun with the “sweet girl” in the chambre séparée . But Midinette, as the little one is called, also loves variety. Today the theater poet has done it to her. How she loves his witty remarks so much, even if she understands next to nothing about them. For the playwright, Midinette is the purest source of inspiration. The poet, however, finds full understanding in a thoroughbred comedian. She, in turn, can be delighted with the count, a rich officer, afterwards. Then he strolls through the city, and when morning comes he wakes up in a beautiful girl's room, not knowing how he got here during the night. This closes the circle, because the "lovely child" is none other than the prostitute with whom the dance began.
Reviews
“The remake of Schnitzler's scandal about a 'round' of couples who meet and leave again is indeed endowed with noticeable irony, but largely lacks atmospheric appeal. Instead, the director relies more on the charms of his actresses. "
“Vadim, the French film's Sloppy Salon Sadist, has simplified this third film adaptation of the graceful-decadent Schnitzler chamber play with the help of dialogue author Jean Anouilh into an overloaded plush revue. The gallant-melancholy rondo of ten couples who were favored by the art of love, once perceived as the 'modern dance of love', has been chilled into an entertaining pastime, the love playground has been relocated from the decadent Viennese milieu to the lively and loving Paris of the Belle Époque . Best in the Eastman colored striped 'dance': Anna Karina, Catherine Spaak and Jane Fonda. "
Awards
The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1966.
Web links
- The dance in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Program for the film, published by FILM-BÖRSE GmbH, Munich, Lindwurmstr. 10, without number
- ↑ The dance. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The dance . In: Der Spiegel . No. 44 , 1964, pp. 151 ( Online - Oct. 28, 1964 ).