The Devil's Wheel (Russian: Чёртово колесо, romanizedChyortovo koleso) is a 1926 Soviet silent crime action film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.[1]

The Devil's Wheel
Directed byGrigori Kozintsev
Leonid Trauberg
Written byAdrian Piotrovsky
Veniamin Kaverin (story)
StarringPyotr Sobolevsky
Sergei Gerasimov
Yanina Zhejmo
Sergey Martinson
CinematographyAndrei Moskvin
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Release date
  • 16 March 1926 (1926-03-16)
Running time
2,650 meters (112 minutes)
CountrySoviet Union
LanguagesSilent film
Russian intertitles

Plot

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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

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  • 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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  1. ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 201.
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