The Queen of Spades

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.

Director

Yakov Protazanov

Written by

Fyodor Otsep, Yakov Protazanov

Cinematographer

Yevgeni Slavinsky

Studio

Yermoliev

Origin country

Russia

Runtime

1h 3m

Language

Russian

TMDB

5.3/10 (18 votes)

IMDb

6.7/10 (801 votes)