17 February 1923 Drama, Romance 418 mins
Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she becomes an adult, Sisif grapples with whether to tell Norma the truth about her parentage.
Watch the official La Roue 1923 trailer in HD below.
Séverin-Mars as Sisif
Ivy Close as Norma
Gabriel de Gravone as Elie
Pierre Magnier as Jacques de Hersan
Max Maxudian as Le minéralogiste Kalatikascopoulos
Georges Térof as Machefer
Gil Clary as Dalilah
Abel Gance as Self
Léonce-Henri Burel Director of Photography
Abel Gance Writer
Abel Gance Director
Robert Boudrioz Art Direction
Marc Bujard Director of Photography
Maurice Duverger Director of Photography
Gaston Brun Director of Photography
Blaise Cendrars Assistant Director
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