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 Sergei Martinson Andrei Kostrichkin |
Cinematography | Andrei Moskvin |
Production
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Release date
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16 March 1926 |
Running time
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2,650 meters (112 minutes) |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language |
Silent film Russian intertitles |
The Devil's Wheel (Russian: Чёртово колесо, translit. Chyortovo koleso) is a 1926 Soviet silent crime film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.
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.