La Roue (English: The Wheel) is a French silent film, directed by Abel Gance, who also directed Napoléon and J'accuse!. It was released in 1923. Originally 32 reels in length (approximately seven hours), the current reconstruction runs 20 reels (four and a half hours). The film used then-revolutionary lighting techniques, and rapid scene changes and cuts.
Railroad engineer Sisif (Severin-Mars) rescues a small orphan, whose name he learns is Norma...
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La Roue (English: The Wheel) is a French silent film, directed by Abel Gance, who also directed Napoléon and J'accuse!. It was released in 1923. Originally 32 reels in length (approximately seven hours), the current reconstruction runs 20 reels (four and a half hours). The film used then-revolutionary lighting techniques, and rapid scene changes and cuts.
Railroad engineer Sisif (Severin-Mars) rescues a small orphan, whose name he learns is Norma (Ivy Close), following a disastrous crash. He raises the little girl as his own, along with his son Elie (Gabriel de Gravone), whose mother died during his birth.
In time, Norma becomes a lively and playful young woman. Her greatest joy is time spent with Elie, by now a handsome violin maker. whom she believes to be her natural brother. But Sisif, to his own horror, finds himself falling in love with his adopted daughter. Sisif confesses to a partner, Hersan (Pierre Magnier), that he is preoccupied in an unhealthy way with Norma. Hersan...
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