La Roue

This article is about the 1923 film. For the district, see La Roue (Brussels). For the metro station in Brussels, see La Roue/Het Rad metro station.

La Roue
theatrical release poster
Directed byAbel Gance
assisted by Blaise Cendrars[1]
Written byAbel Gance
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byMarguerite Beauge
Music by
Release date
  • 17 February 1923 (1923-02-17)
Running time
  • 150 minutes (1924 cut)
  • 273 minutes (2008 reconstruction)
  • 413 minutes (2019 restoration)
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

La Roue (pronounced [la ʁu], 'The Wheel') is a French silent film, directed by Abel Gance, who also directed Napoléon and J'accuse. It was released in 1923. The film used then-revolutionary lighting techniques, and rapid scene changes and cuts.

  1. ^ Cendrars, Blaise (1995). Hollywood: Mecca of the Movies. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. xxxii. ISBN 9780520078079. Retrieved 6 March 2018.