La roue : The wheel /
Sisif, a railwayman, and his son Elie fall in love with the beautiful Norma (whom Sisif rescued from a train crash when a baby and raised as his daughter), with tragic results. This seminal film introduced many innovations in set design and construction, and cinematic devices.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Silent film with intertitles In English. |
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[Los Angeles, Calif.] :
Flicker Alley,
[2008]
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| Edition: | Deluxe DVD edition. |
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| Summary: | Sisif, a railwayman, and his son Elie fall in love with the beautiful Norma (whom Sisif rescued from a train crash when a baby and raised as his daughter), with tragic results. This seminal film introduced many innovations in set design and construction, and cinematic devices. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in France in 1923. New restoration with a new score by Robert Israel. Special features: Autour de la roue = Around "The Wheel" making-of featurette (8 min.), Original pressbook (3 min.) Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (270 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | DVD; region 1; NTSC; stereo. |
| Production Credits: | Director and writer, Abel Gance ; cinematography, Leʹonce-Henri Burel, Marc Bujard, Maurice Duverger. This restoration -- digital restoration and editing by Eric Lange ; music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Ropert Israel. |
| ISBN: | 1893967379 9781893967373 |