Anton Walbrook is the master of ceremonies in this film set in Vienna in 1900 and based on the play by Arthur Schnitzler. The master of ceremonies introduces each scene of sex (where of course nothing is openly seen) at the side of a merry-go-round, and this is indeed the central idea: relationships (such as Simone Signoret as a prostitute with soldier Serge Reggiani) turn around like a merry-go-round, the soldier moving on to a chambermaid, the chambermaid moving on to one of her employer's sons, the son moving on to a young wife, etc.
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