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.
Leonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev
Director
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
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