Das Riesenrad
5
110 minutes
8/25/1961
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 List
Maria Schell
as Elisabeth von Hill
O.W. Fischer
as Rudolf von Hill
Adrienne Gessner
as Adele von Hill
Rudolf Forster
as Hofrat von Hill
Doris Kirchner
as Gusti Gräfin Wallburg
Gregor von Rezzori
as Graf Wallburg
Gusti Wolf
as Gisela von Hill
Alexander Trojan
as Walter von Hill
Anita Gutwell
as Rita
Frances Martin
as Hansi
Heinz Blau
as Hubert von Hill
Margitta Scherr
as Fini Hill
Horst Janson
as Harry
Rainer Brandt
as Fähnrich Lothar Höpfner
Margarethe Hruby
as Mathilde Riedl
Karl Hellmer
as Karl Riedl
Max Wittmann
as Dr.Blau
Christian Doermer
as Hubert von Hill jr.