The Queen of Spades

1949 95 min ★ 6.5 Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.

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Cast

Anton Walbrook

Capt. Herman Suvorin

Edith Evans

The Old Countess Ranevskaya

Yvonne Mitchell

Lizavetta Ivanova

Ronald Howard

Andrei

Mary Jerrold

Old Varvarushka

Anthony Dawson

Fyodor

Miles Malleson

Tchybukin

Michael Medwin

Hovaisky

Athene Seyler

Princess Ivashin

Ivor Barnard

Bookseller

Details

Director

Thorold Dickinson

Tagline

"Passionate... Exciting... Intriguing... He bartered his soul for the SECRET of the cards!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Dimitri De Grunwald Production, Associated British Picture Corporation

Reviews

J

John Chard

November 2, 2013

★ 10/10

The Strange Secrets of the Count de Saint Germain. The Queen of Spades is directed by Thorold Dickinson and adapted to screenplay by Rodney Ackland and Arthur Boys from the story written by Alexander Pushkin. It stars Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell and Ronald Howard. Music is scored by Georges Auric and cinematography by Otto Heller. A Tale of Old St. Petersbvrg. "In 1806 th...

C

CinemaSerf

January 1, 2023

★ 7/10

This certainly has the feel of a short story to it. It takes it's time getting there, but the denouement is surprisingly effective. It all centres on the increasingly obsessive captain of engineers "Herman" (Anton Walbrook) who spends most of his cold and snowy St. Petersburg evenings with his aristocratic friends as they play faro. He never joins in, but that is because he has learned that the gr...