Underplayed Gems

The Devil's Wheel (1926)

The Devil's Wheel poster
Original title
Чёртово колесо
Directed by
Leonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev
Genre
drama film, silent film, crime film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
40 min
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man gets drawn into the criminal underworld of Leningrad. He becomes involved with a gang and a mysterious woman at an amusement park.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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