Queen of Spades
Cast & Crew
Roman Tikhomirov
Oleg Strizhenov
Olga Krasina
Yelena Polevitskaya
V. Kulik
Vadim Medvedev
Film Details
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Synopsis
Obsessed with the desire to gain fortune, Germann, a poor young officer in St. Petersburg, learns of an aged countess who as a young woman learned the secret of three winning cards from a lover and gained the epithet "The Queen of Spades." Were she to reveal the secret to another lover she would die. By approaching her granddaughter, Liza, with whom he falls in love, Germann one night gains entrance to the countess' bedchamber. He confronts her with a pistol and demands that she reveal her secret, but the shock proves too great for the old woman and she dies of fright. Later, Germann arranges to meet Liza on the canal bank near the Winter Palace. A funeral procession passes, and the countess' ghost appears to Germann, advising him to wager on three cards: the three, the seven, and the ace. Liza, fearful of the consequences, tries to dissuade Germann from going to the gambling rooms, and, when he persists, she drowns herself in the canal. At the gaming tables, Germann is challenged by Prince Yeletskiy, formerly Liza's suitor. Following the instructions of the ghost, Germann wins on the first two cards but loses everything on the third card when the Queen of Spades appears in place of the ace. Germann shoots himself, crawls to the banks of the canal where Liza's scarf blows in the night air, and dies.
Director
Roman Tikhomirov
Cast
Oleg Strizhenov
Olga Krasina
Yelena Polevitskaya
V. Kulik
Vadim Medvedev
I. Gurzo-gubanova
A. Gustavson
I. Daryalov
V. Kosarev
A. Olevanov
D. Radlov
Yuriy Solovyov
V. Tsitta
Zurab Andzhaparidze
Tamara Milashkina
Sofya Preobrazhenskaya
Yevgeniy Kibkalo
V. Nechipaylo
Larisa Avdeyeva
V. Volodin
V. Kirpalov
M. Reshetin
V. Vlasov
G. Shulgin
L. Maslov
N. Yaroslavtsev
Crew
Bolshoi Theater Chorus
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
A. Dmitriyev
G. Elbert
I. Glikman
V. Goryunov
R. Izakson
M. Krotkin
N. Rusanova
A. Rybnov
Yevgeniy Shapiro
N. Shifrin
M. Shostak
Ye. Slovtsova
Yevgeniy Svetlanov
Roman Tikhomirov
Georgiy Vasilyev
Sergey Vasilyev
Pavel Veysbrem
I. Vuskovich
Boris Yarustovskiy
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Notes
Released in the U.S.S.R. in October 1960 as Pikovaya dama; running time: 106 min.
