The Queen of Spades (1949) on Netflix
NR19491h 35mDramaFantasyHorror
In St Petersburg, Captain Herman Suvorin watches other officers play faro but never risks his own money. He hears that Countess Ranevskaya sold her soul for a way to win at cards.
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Plot summary
In St Petersburg in 1806, Captain Herman Suvorin serves as an officer of the engineers. He watches his fellow officers play faro but will not risk losing his money. Talk among them concerns the aged Countess Ranevskaya, who is said to have won a fortune at cards long ago, after selling her soul. Herman buys a book, The Strange Secrets of the Count de Saint Germain, and reads of a countess in 1746 who gained such a secret. He believes the countess in the book is Ranevskaya.
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- Maroussia Dimitrevitchas Gypsy Singer
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Queen of Spades (1949)
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- Rodney Ackland, who co-wrote the screenplay, was originally set to direct The Queen of Spades, but disagreements with producer Anatole de Grunwald and star Anton Walbrook led to his replacement at a few days' notice by Thorold Dickinson, who also rewrote parts of the script.
