Das Riesenrad

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Géza von Radványi

Writers

Jan de Hartog, Ladislas Fodor

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

25 August 1961

Ensemble

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

• Alexander Trojan

  Walter von Hill

• Anita Gutwell

  Rita

• Frances Martin

  Hansi

• Heinz Blau

  Hubert von Hill

• 

  Margitta Scherr

  Fini Hill