The Queen of Spades (1949)
"Her obsession with gambling led her to discover a sinister pact that destroyed her life."
Title: The Queen of Spades
Original Title: The Queen of Spades
Release Date: 1949-03-16
Status: Released
Rating: 6.518/10 (from 56 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Production Companies: Dimitri De Grunwald Production, Associated British Picture Corporation
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman's spirit.
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
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