La Roue

Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she becomes an adult, Sisif grapples with whether to tell Norma the truth about her parentage.

Cast

Séverin-Mars

as Sisif

Ivy Close

as Norma

Gabriel de Gravone

as Elie

Pierre Magnier

as Jacques de Hersan

Max Maxudian

as Le minéralogiste Kalatikascopoulos

Georges Térof

as Machefer

Gil Clary

as Dalilah

Abel Gance

as Self

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