The Devil's Wheel
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| The Devil's Wheel | |
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| Directed by | Grigori Kozintsev Leonid Trauberg |
| Written by | Adrian Piotrovsky Veniamin Kaverin (story) |
| Starring | Pyotr Sobolevsky Sergei Gerasimov Yanina Zhejmo Sergey Martinson |
| Cinematography | Andrei Moskvin |
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Running time | 2,650 meters (112 minutes) |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Silent film Russian intertitles |
The Devil's Wheel (Russian: Чёртово колесо, romanized: Chyortovo koleso) is a 1926 Soviet silent crime action film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.[1]
Plot
[edit | edit source]During a walk in the garden of the People's House, sailor Ivan Shorin meets Valya and, having missed the scheduled time is late for the ship which is departing for a cruise. The next morning he has to go to a distant foreign trek and his slight delay has turned into a desertion. The young people are sheltered by artists who turn out to be ordinary punks. Not wanting to become a thief, Ivan runs away and surrenders himself to the authorities. After the trial of his friends and just punishment, he returns to his former life.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Pyotr Sobolevsky – Ivan Shorin, sailor from the cruiser "Aurora"
- Lyudmila Semyonova – Valka, street girl
- Sergei Gerasimov – Magician "Human-Question", leader of the bandit gang
- Emil Gal – Entertainer Coco, "Question"'s friend
- Yanina Zhejmo – Girl from the gang
- Sergey Martinson – Orchestra conductor
- Andrei Kostrichkin – One of the inhabitants of the bandits' den
- Nikolai Gorodnichev – Punk "Superintendent"
- Antonio Tserep – Cellar owner
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- The Devil's Wheel at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
