
La Bête Humaine(1938)
Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.


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.

Séverin-Mars
Sisif

Ivy Close
Norma

Gabriel de Gravone
Elie

Pierre Magnier
Jacques de Hersan

Max Maxudian
Le minéralogiste Kalatikascopoulos

Georges Térof
Machefer

Gil Clary
Dalilah

Abel Gance
Self
La Roue is a drama, romance film released in 1923 exploring themes of silent film, railwayman. Directed by Abel Gance, it stars Séverin-Mars, Ivy Close, Gabriel de Gravone. 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.
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