''The Devil's Wheel'' (russian: Чёртово колесо, Chyortovo koleso) is a 1926

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

silent crime film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and

Leonid Trauberg Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg (russian: Леонид Захарович Трауберг, 17 January 1902 – 14 November 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the S ...

Plot

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

Pyotr Sobolevsky Pyotr Stanislavovich Sobolevsky (russian: Пётр Станиславович Соболевский; 22 May 1904 – 26 June 1977) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1926 and 1973. Biography Sobolevsky was born on 22 ...

- Ivan Shorin, sailor from the cruiser "Aurora" *Lyudmila Semyonova - Valka, street girl * Sergei Gerasimov - magician "Human-Question-mark", leader of the gang of bandits *Emil Gal - entertainer Coco, friend of the "Question-mark" *

Yanina Zhejmo Yanina Boleslavovna Zhejmo (russian: Янина Болеславовна Жеймо; pl, Janina Bolesławowna Żejmo; 29 May 1909 – 29 December 1987) was a Soviet actress of Polish origin. Her father was Polish and her mother was Russian. She ...

- a girl from the gang * Sergei Martinson- orchestra conductor * Andrei Kostrichkin - one of the inhabitants of the thieves' den *Nikolai Gorodnichev - a punk called as "superintendent" *Antonio Tserep - the owner of the cellar

References

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* 1926 films Lenfilm films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet silent feature films Films directed by Grigori Kozintsev Films directed by Leonid Trauberg Soviet crime films Russian crime films 1926 crime films Russian black-and-white films {{USSR-film-stub