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La Roue

Abel Gance Drama 1923 France 6h57m

A railway engineer adopts a young girl orphaned by a train crash. Years later when she starts getting suitors, he grapples with whether or not to tell her the truth about her parentage.

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Cast & Crew

Rights owner | Fondation Pathé

Directors | Abel Gance

Producers | Abel Gance, Charles Pathé

Writers | Abel Gance

Cast | Gabriel de Gravone, Pierre Magnier, Georges Térof, Séverin-Mars

DOP | Gaston Brun, Marc Bujard, Léonce-Henri Burel, Maurice Duverger

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