Anton Walbrook plays this all seeing man that brings viewers to 1900 Vienna. There he introduces us to various characters who have sex, then go off and have sex with other characters etc etc until at the end it reaches a full circle.
This movie is beautiful to look at it--the settings and costumes are stunning and there's a wonderful music score. Also all the acting is great--but this is a bore. The film is episodic in nature and doesn't flow together smoothly. The dialogue was (for 1950) pretty risqué but by today's standards it's static and predictable. Also the movie is extremely slow moving with scenes that are stretched out to a ridiculous degree. It seems a lot longer than it's 96 minutes. It's hard to believe that this was banned from the US until 1954 on the grounds that it was immoral! True--everybody has sex but there's no nudity or sex shown at all. Beautiful but static and slow.
This movie is beautiful to look at it--the settings and costumes are stunning and there's a wonderful music score. Also all the acting is great--but this is a bore. The film is episodic in nature and doesn't flow together smoothly. The dialogue was (for 1950) pretty risqué but by today's standards it's static and predictable. Also the movie is extremely slow moving with scenes that are stretched out to a ridiculous degree. It seems a lot longer than it's 96 minutes. It's hard to believe that this was banned from the US until 1954 on the grounds that it was immoral! True--everybody has sex but there's no nudity or sex shown at all. Beautiful but static and slow.
