The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades

95 mins | Drama, Fantasy | March 16, 1949

An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman's spirit.

The Queen of Spades

95 mins | Drama, Fantasy | March 16, 1949

The Queen of Spades
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman's spirit.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Associated British Picture Corporation, Dimitri De Grunwald Production
Original title The Queen of Spades
Directors John Gaudioso, Marjorie Owens, Thorold Dickinson
Writers Arthur Boys, Alexander Pushkin, Rodney Ackland

Cast

Adolf Wohlbrück

as Capt. Herman Suvorin

Edith Evans

as The Old Countess Ranevskaya

Yvonne Mitchell

as Lizavetta Ivanova

Ronald Howard

as Andrei

Mary Jerrold

as Old Varvarushka

Anthony Dawson

as Fyodor

Miles Malleson

as Tchybukin

Michael Medwin

as Hovaisky

Athene Seyler

as Princess Ivashin

Ivor Barnard

as Bookseller

Aubrey Mallalieu

as Fedya

Maroussia Dimitrevitch

as Gypsy singer

Violette Elvin

as Gypsy dancer

Pauline Tennant

as young Countess Ranevskaya

Jacqueline Clarke

as Milliner's Assistant

Josef Ramart

as Countess's Lover

Valentine Dyall

as St. Germain's Messenger

Gordon Begg

as General Volcholnikov

Gibb McLaughlin

as Bird Seller

Drusilla Wills

as Countess's Old Servant

George Woodbridge

as Vassili

Pauline Jameson

as Anyutka

Hay Petrie

as Herman's Servant

Brown Derby

as The Countess's Footman

Geoffrey Dunn

as Hair Dresser