The Spinning Ball (1919)
- Original title
- Die rollende Kugel
- Directed by
- Rudolf Biebrach
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- Germany
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man struggles with his obsession for gambling and the chaos it brings into his life. The story follows how this compulsion affects his relationships and his own sense of self.
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What happens
The Spinning Ball (German: Die rollende Kugel) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Ernst Hofmann, Olga Limburg and Martha Angerstein-Licho. It is an adaptation of the 1866 novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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