Chyortovo koleso

The film begins with a typical plot- the hero, a sailor on the cruiser Aurora, doesn't get back to his ship, gets together with a girl, is tempted by the criminal underworld- and then, suddenly, the girl vanishes, we don't get the hero's agonised recovery of his conscience and class-solidarity, the whole plot is thrown to one side and we simply see the destruction of the criminals' haunts by the police and the hero's return to his ship without any intervening part- either a few reels are missing or the film-makers got bored. All the same, still worth seeing for some extraordinary camera work and the grotesque portrayal of the characters- especially the lead villain, a conjuror and criminal mastermind.