The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades

1916 · 63 min · ★ 5.3 · Horror, Drama, Fantasy

While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once incurred an enormous gambling debt, which she was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards in a certain order. One of Narumov's friends, German, has never gambled, but he is intrigued by the story about the Countess and her secret. He soon becomes obsessed with learning this secret from her, and he starts by courting her young ward Lizaveta, hoping to use her to gain access to the Countess.

Directed by Yakov Protazanov · Written by Fyodor Otsep

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Cast

Ivan Mosjoukine Hermann
Vera Orlova Lizaveta
Nikolai Panov Count of Saint-Germain
Yelizaveta Shebueva The Countess
Tatiana Duvan The countess (young)
Polikarp Pavlov The Count
Georg Asagaroff Tomskiy

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