Movie Description
Чёртово колесо
(1926)Overview
Typically of the heady days of early Soviet cinema, this is constructed according to the fast, sharp editing principles advocated by Eisenstein, complete with symbolic inserts; but in terms of subject matter, it's much less explicitly political than most movies emerging from Russia in the '20s. Chronicling a young sailor's descent into a murky, treacherous underworld of pimps and thieves, after having encountered a Louise Brooks lookalike at a fairground and missed his departing boat, it's a lively moral fable that delights in vivid visual effects and quirky characterisations. If the plot occasionally reveals gaping holes, and the tacked-on ending urging the clearance of the Leningrad slums seems to be rather gratuitous, there's enough going on to keep one attentive and amused.
Featured Crew
- Director : Leonid Trauberg,Grigori Kozintsev
- Writer : Adrian Piotrovskiy
- Cast : Pyotr Sobolevsky,Lyudmila Semyonova,Sergei Gerasimov,Emil Gal,Antonio Tserep,Nikolay Gorodnichev,V. Lande,Sergei Martinson,Yevgeniy Kumeyko,I. Berezin,Yanina Zheymo,Tatyana Ventsel,Viktor Plotnikov,Arnold Arnold,Aleksandr Kostomolotsky,Aleksei Kapler,Andrei Kostrichkin,Mikhail Shifman,Viktor Chaynikov,Nikolay Foregger
Cast
Vanya Shorin, Red fleet sailor
Valya
The Question Man
Koko, vaudeville performer
Tavern Owner
House manager
Cafe dancer
Orchestra conductor
Hooligan
Hooligan
Hooligan girl
Salvation army member
Editor
Drummer
(uncredited)
Sailor (uncredited)
(uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleЧёртово колесо
Status Released
Release Information
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1926-03-15
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 40m
Production CompaniesLenfilm
Genres
- Action
- Crime
