Das Riesenrad (1961)

6.7/10 110 min Drama

Overview

The story of a marriage over time, based on a play by Jan de Hartog. Maria Schell and O. W. Fischer play an aristocratic Austrian couple who meet during the imperial era and experience the first five decades of the 20th century together: temptations and transgressions, world wars, economic crisis, the death of their son in the war. They experience good times and bad times and always remain cheerful, just as the Ferris wheel in Vienna's Prater continues to turn.

Cast

Maria Schell

Elisabeth von Hill

O.W. Fischer

Rudolf von Hill

Adrienne Gessner

Adele von Hill

Rudolf Forster

Hofrat von Hill

Doris Kirchner

Gusti Gräfin Wallburg

Gregor von Rezzori

Graf Wallburg

Gusti Wolf

Gisela von Hill

Margitta Scherr

Fini Hill

Horst Janson

Harry

Rainer Brandt

Fähnrich Lothar Höpfner

Karl Hellmer

Karl Riedl

Christian Doermer

Hubert von Hill jr.

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