France / Oct 01, 2019 / Lumière Film Festival (413 minutes, 2019 restoration)
6h 58min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Genres
DramaRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Roue |
| Original language | FR |
| Spoken languages | No Language |
| Production countries | France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Films Abel Gance |
| Release date | 17 febbraio 1923 |
| Production | Abel Gance, Charles Pathé |
| Writer | Abel Gance |
| Editing | Abel Gance, Marguerite Beaugé |
| Cinematography | Léonce-Henri Burel, Marc Bujard, Maurice Duverger, Gaston Brun |
| Assistant directors | Blaise Cendrars, Abel Gance |
| Camera operators | Léonce-Henri Burel, Marc Bujard, Maurice Duverger, Gaston Brun |
| Additional photography | Léonce-Henri Burel, Marc Bujard, Maurice Duverger, Gaston Brun |
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| Production design | Robert Boudrioz |
| Art direction | Robert Boudrioz |
| Set decoration | Robert Boudrioz |
| Music | Arthur Honegger |
| Sound | Arthur Honegger |
Release dates
Limited release
United States / Sep 30, 2023 / New York Film Festival (413 minutes, 2019 restoration)
Theatrical release
France / Feb 17, 1923 / The original version encompassed 32 reels, which ran for either seven and a half or nine hours.
Digital
United States / Dec 03, 2023 / Criterion Channel (413 minutes, 2019 restoration)
Physical media
United States / May 06, 2008 / DVD (278 minutes, 2008 reconstruction, Flicker Alley)
France / Jun 24, 2020 / Blu-ray (413 minutes, 4 discs, Pathe)
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