The queen of spades [videorecording]
2023
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1940s suspense thriller based on the short story by Alexander Pushkin. Anton Walbrook stars as Russian army captain Herman Suvorin, who secretly covets the wealth and position of his fellow officers and becomes obsessed with learning the secrets of the card game Faro. When he hears that the elderly Countess Ranevskaya (Edith Evans) has struck a bargain with the devil to gain the very knowledge he so desires, he schemes his way into her household and does all he can to wrestle the knowledge from her - but the price turns out to be much higher than he could ever have imagined.
Main title:
The queen of spades [videorecording] / producer, Anatole de Grunwald.
Author:
Dickinson, Thorold, directorAuric, Georges, 1899-1983, composer (expression)Walbrook, Anton, actorEvans, Edith, actorHoward, Ronald, 1918-1996, actorPushkin, Alexander, book author
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : StudioCanal, 2023.
Collation:
1 DVD (91 min.) : black and white
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Behind the scenes, Interviews (Thorold Dickinson (audio only: 1951 & 1968)), Commentary (Nick Pinkerton (author)), Other documentaries ('Anna Bogutskaya plays 'The Queen of Spades'; 'The Nightmare People: Thorold Dickinson on Saturday Night at the Movies'), Image gallery, Introduction by Martin Scorsese; Analysis by Philip Horne.Made in 1949.Based on the short story by Alexander Pushkin.DVDR.
Credits:
Credits: director, Thorold Dickinson; writer, Rodney Ackland; writer, Arthur Boys; music, Georges Auric; cinematographer, Otto Heller.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Ronald Howard, Yvonne Mitchell, Mary Jerrold, Ivor Barnard, Anthony M. Dawson, Valentine Dyall, Miles Malleson, Gibb McLaughlin, Michael Medwin, Yusef Ramart, Athene Seyler, Pauline Tennant.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437PG
Language:
English
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BRN:
2588385
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