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The Queen of Spades

1916 1 hour 3 minutes
60/100

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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.

Released

19th April 1916

110 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 3 minutes

Finishes at 10:33pm

Ratings and awards

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    6.6/10

  • TMDb Logo

    53%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    60%

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Directed by

Yakov Protazanov

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Written by

Fyodor Otsep, Yakov Protazanov

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