The Queen of Spades (1949)
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Movie Info
Cast
as Capt. Herman Suvorin
as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
as Lizaveta Ivanova
as Andrei
as Old Varvarushka
as Fyodor
as Tschybukin
as Ilovaisky
as Princess Ivashin
as Bookseller
as Gypsy Singer
as Gypsy Dancer
as Young Countess
as Milliner's Assistant
as Countess's Lover
as Birdseller
as St. Germain's Messenger
as Gen. Volcholnikov
as Countess' old servant
as Fedya
as Vassili
as Anyutka
as Herman's servant
as The Countess' footman
as Officer in the gaming room
as Officer in the gaming room
as Officer in the gaming room
as Officer in the gaming room
as Officer in the gaming room
Critic Reviews for The Queen of Spades
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Opulence of Imperial Russia at the beginning of the 19th century provides a colorful background for this filmization of Alexander Pushkin's short story, which brings to the screen a legend of gambling and intrigue.
Wild gypsy dancing, shadow lighting and an excellent musical score are well used for mood creation in this weirdly fascinating film.
Pushkin's marvellously histrionic tale of cupidity and terrible vengeance gets a suitably wild-eyed treatment in Thorold Dickinson's 1949 film.
The Queen of Spades, a stylish, polished melodrama based on the Pushkin novella, is [Thorold Dickinson's] most accomplished film.
Otto Heller's chiaroscuro cinematography and Oliver Messel's Gothic designs play vital roles in Dickinson's thorough demolition of period genteelness for the horror in it.
The Queen of Spades is a treasured relic of a time when the British cinema momentarily abandoned its good manners and revelled gloriously in visual and emotional excess.
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