La Roue: Part 1 (Silent Film 1923-ENG SUB)

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.

Part 2: https://rumble.com/v6w566a-la-roue-part-2-silent-film-1923-eng-sub.html

The film used then-revolutionary lighting techniques, and rapid scene changes and cuts. The original version encompassed 32 reels, which ran for either seven and a half or nine hours (sources disagree). In 1924, Gance edited it down to two and a half hours for general distribution. This is the modern reconstruction from five different versions, nearly four and a half hours long.

An almost seven hours long restored version was shown at the 2019 Lumière Film Festival. Janus Films released the restoration in the United States at the 2023 New York Film Festival.

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.

Cast & Characters:
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