Queen of Spades, The

A FILM BY Thorold Dickinson


Synopsis

It is 1806, and St. Petersburg is in the grip of gambling fever. Each night Herman Suvorin, a poor Captain of Engineers, watches huge fortunes being lost and won. But he does not dare risk losing the money he has so carefully saved from his pay over the years. But then he hears of the Countess Ranevskaya who, by selling her soul many years before, had obtained the secret of winning at cards. He determines to find her and to wrest the secret from her...

Theatrical Release Date

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 95 mins.
Year: 1949

Credits

CAST
Anton Walbrook
Edith Evans
Yvonne Mitchell
DIRECTED BY
Thorold Dickinson