The Devil's Wheel
Young Soviet navy sailor Vanya Shorin misses his ship after meeting a girl at a funfair. They ride a carnival attraction called The Devil's Wheel, which triggers a series of events pulling the sailor into a dangerous criminal underworld before he finds the courage to return to his comrades.
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Top Cast
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Vanya Shorin, Red fleet sailor
Lyudmila Semyonova
Valya
Sergei Gerasimov
The Question Man
Emil Gal
Koko, vaudeville performer
Antonio Tserep
Tavern Owner
Nikolay Gorodnichev
House manager
V. Lande
Cafe dancer
Sergei Martinson
Orchestra conductor
Yevgeniy Kumeyko
Hooligan
I. Berezin
Hooligan
Yanina Zheymo
Hooligan girl
Tatyana Ventsel
Viktor Plotnikov
Salvation army member
Arnold Arnold
Editor
Aleksandr Kostomolotsky
Aleksei Kapler
Andrei Kostrichkin
Drummer
Mikhail Shifman
(uncredited)
Viktor Chaynikov
Sailor (uncredited)
Nikolay Foregger
(uncredited)
Crew
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