The Merry-Go-Round (German:Der Reigen) is a 1920 Germansilent film directed byRichard Oswald and starringAsta Nielsen,Conrad Veidt andEduard von Winterstein.^[1] It was adapted from the 1897 play,La Ronde byArthur Schnitzler.

The film's sets were designed by theart directorHans 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.

• Asta Nielsen as Elena
• Conrad Veidt as Petre Karvan
• Eduard von Winterstein as Albert Peters
• Irmgard Bern as Frau Peters
• Theodor Loos as Fritz Peters
• Loni Nest
• Willi Schaeffers
• Ilse von Tasso-Lind as Mutter
• Hugo Döblin
• Willy Karin

• Grange, William (2008).Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press.ISBN 978-0810859678.

• The Merry-Go-Round atIMDb

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