The Wheel (La roue)

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Directed by

Abel Gance

Starring

Pierre Magnier
Jacques de Hersan

Séverin-Mars
Sisif

Ivy Close
Norma

Written by

Abel Gance
writer

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4 years, 5 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

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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.

Release date: 17 February 1923

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

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