The Queen of Spades

U
1h 35m
1949
6.5 /10 (57)

Passionate... Exciting... Intriguing... He bartered his soul for the SECRET of the cards!

Overview

A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.

Country : United Kingdom
Languages : English
Released Date: 1949-03-16

Top Billed 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

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