The Merry-Go-Round | |
Director: | Richard Oswald |
Producer: | Richard Oswald |
Starring: | Asta Nielsen Conrad Veidt Eduard von Winterstein |
Cinematography: | Axel Graatkjær Carl Hoffmann |
Studio: | Decla-Bioscop Richard-Oswald-Produktion Wüst-Film |
Country: | Germany |
Language: | Silent German intertitles |
The Merry-Go-Round (German: Der Reigen) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Asta Nielsen, Conrad Veidt and Eduard von Winterstein. It was adapted from the 1897 play, La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier.
The film tells the story of Elena, a woman with a dubious past, who marries a shop keeper, Albert. When her former pimp, Peter shows up, her life is ruined. She shoots him and poisons herself.