The Devil's Wheel (Russian: Чёртово колесо, romanized: Chyortovo koleso) is a 1926 Soviet silent crime action film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.
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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 – Ivan Shorin, sailor from the cruiser "Aurora"
Lyudmila Semyonova – Valka, street girl
Sergei Gerasimov – Magician "Human-Question", leader of the bandit gang
Emil Gal – Entertainer Coco, "Question"'s friend
Yanina Zhejmo – Girl from the gang
Sergey Martinson – Orchestra conductor
Andrei Kostrichkin – One of the inhabitants of the bandits' den
Nikolai Gorodnichev – Punk "Superintendent"
Antonio Tserep – Cellar owner