The Wheel (1923)
3.9 of 5 from 48 ratings
4h 30min
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- Synopsis:
Taken to its bare bones, the story deals with Sisif (Séverin-Mars), a locomotive engineer who saves Norma (Ivy Close), an infant girl from a train wreck and raises her as his adopted daughter. Norma thinks Sisif’s son Elie (Gabriel de Gravone) is her brother, and when the two fall in love, she leaves to marry a virtual stranger. Sisif is also obsessed with her and the plot elaborates this triangular relationship. German director G. W. Pabst, an ardent admirer of La Roue, was encouraged by Gance’s example to undertake his own remarkable explorations of human psychology in such silent films as 'Secrets of a Soul', 'Pandora’s Box' and 'Diary of a Lost Girl'. Yet 'La Roue' is even more remarkable for its cinematic accomplishment than for its story. The film was taken almost entirely on location. Sets were built along the railroad tracks in the yard at St. Roch, near Nice, and at an elevation of 13,000 feet on Mount Blanc... - Actors:
- Séverin-Mars, Ivy Close, Gabriel de Gravone, Pierre Magnier, Max Maxudian, Georges Térof, Gil Clary
- Directors:
- Abel Gance
- Aka:
- La Roue
- Studio:
- flick
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2
- Countries:
- France
