The Queen of Spades
Her obsession with gambling led her to discover a sinister pact that destroyed her life.
1949 en 95 minutes
Rating: 6.5
Plot
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.
Trailer
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
Aubrey Mallalieu
Fedya
Maroussia Dimitrevitch
Gypsy Singer
Violetta Elvin
Gypsy Dancer
Pauline Tennant
Young Countess Ranevskaya
Jacqueline Clarke
Milliner's Assistant
Josef Ramart
Countess's Lover
Valentine Dyall
St. Germain's Messenger
Gordon Begg
General Volcholnikov
Gibb McLaughlin
Bird Seller
Drusilla Wills
Countess's Old Servant
George Woodbridge
Vassili
Pauline Jameson
Anyutka
Hay Petrie
Herman's Servant
Brown Derby
The Countess's Footman
Geoffrey Dunn
Hair Dresser