The Wheel (La roue) (1923)

13 Pictures

7.7	Rating (49 ratings)
7.5	IMDB rating

Add to favorites

Edit page

Search at Amazon

Directed by

Abel Gance

Starring

Pierre Magnier
Jacques de Hersan

Séverin-Mars
Sisif

Ivy Close
Norma

Written by

Abel Gance
writer

Lists

511 votes

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1001 items)
list by upidipi

Published 16 years ago

874 comments

135 votes

6,006 Movies For a Post-Covid World... (6013 items)
list by ToonHead2102

Published 13 years, 11 months ago

14 comments

116 votes

Incomplete and Lost Films (44 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

9 comments

67 votes

Psychological Drama (220 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 12 years, 2 months ago

5 comments

49 votes

Watched in 2017 (272 items)
list by Nosoki

Published 8 years, 3 months ago

View all The Wheel lists

Cover art, photos and screenshots

2 votes

1 vote

View all The Wheel pictures (10 more)

Reviews

Review

6 years, 6 months ago at Oct 7 15:36

fernando

Sublime, sick, extreme, obvious in the form but not in the themes -well, it would be so difficult- of desiring the adopted daughter and loving the tragic son

View all The Wheel reviews

Sisif, a railwayman, and his son Elie fall in love with the beautiful Norma (who Sisif rescued from a train crash when a baby and raised as his daughter), with tragic results. Originally running nine hours, this epic tragedy is notable for the way it foreshadows Gance's later 'Napoleon' in its use of innovative cinematic devices, particularly rapid cutting.

Tags: French (1), 1920s (1), Avant Garde (1), 1923 (1), Impressionism (1)

My tags:

Add tags

Update feed

Leviathan added this to a list 1 year, 4 months ago

BEST 5 BY YEAR (510 movies items)

Leviathan added this to a list 1 year, 4 months ago

Favorite Movies (903 movies items)

Pacifista O added this to a list 2 years, 3 months ago

The Movement-Image (396 movies items)

samira added this to a list 4 years, 4 months ago

R (277 movies items)

johanlefourbe added this to a list 5 years, 4 months ago

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1920's) (43 movies items)

" Notes: I haven't seen this one yet..."

johanlefourbe added this to a list 5 years, 5 months ago

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2023) (1001 movies items)

" Notes: I haven't seen this one yet..."

Stehako voted for an image 5 years, 12 months ago

Kandi voted for 3 images 5 years, 12 months ago

sdepy83 posted 3 images 5 years, 12 months ago

sdepy83 added this to a list 5 years, 12 months ago

Movies watched in 2019 (800 movies items)

Stehako added this to a list 5 years, 12 months ago

Best Movies of 1923 (10 movies items)

"So long I had to make a few attempts to finish it after falling asleep. But still, a beautiful film."

sdepy83 added this to a list 6 years, 1 month ago

"Cinepensieri", 5 movies from each year (495 movies items)

sdepy83 voted for an image 6 years, 1 month ago

fernando posted a review 6 years, 6 months ago

“Sublime, sick, extreme, obvious in the form but not in the themes -well, it would be so difficult- of desiring the adopted daughter and loving the tragic son” read more

Kristian added this to a list 7 years, 8 months ago

Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)

" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"

Nosoki added this to a list 8 years, 2 months ago

Watched in 2017 (272 movies items)

"18.2. Neljä ja puoli tuntia pitkässä megaelokuvassa kasvavissa määrin alkoholisoituva veturinkuljettaja nappaa junaturmasta selvinneen pikkutytön omaan perheeseensä. Tytön kasvettua aikuiseksi alkaa isäpapalle tulla vähän woodyallenia, mutta rakkautta häiritsee se, että kaikki muutkin rakastuvat tyttöön. Rakkaustarina tarjoilee melkoista melodraamailua, mutta loppujen lopuksi elokuva keskittyykin kuvaamaan elämän epäonnistumia melkoisen pessimistiseen tyyliin sen sijaan, että"