- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- March 16, 1949 (75 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production companies
- Associated British Picture Corporation · Dimitri De Grunwald Production
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
The Queen of Spades
Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Adolf WohlbrückCapt. Herman Suvorin
Edith EvansThe Old Countess Ranevskaya
Yvonne MitchellLizavetta Ivanova
Ronald HowardAndrei
Mary JerroldOld Varvarushka
Anthony DawsonFyodor
Miles MallesonTchybukin
Michael MedwinHovaisky
Athene SeylerPrincess Ivashin
Ivor BarnardBookseller
Aubrey MallalieuFedya
Maroussia DimitrevitchGypsy singer
Violette ElvinGypsy dancer
Pauline Tennantyoung Countess Ranevskaya
Jacqueline ClarkeMilliner's Assistant
Josef RamartCountess's Lover
Valentine DyallSt. Germain's Messenger
Gordon BeggGeneral Volcholnikov
Gibb McLaughlinBird Seller
Drusilla WillsCountess's Old Servant
George WoodbridgeVassili
Pauline JamesonAnyutka
Hay PetrieHerman's Servant
Brown DerbyThe Countess's Footman
Geoffrey DunnHair Dresser
Crew
Reviews
The Queen of Spades (1949), review The Queen of Spades (1949) is an underseen treasure. Rating: * * * *
The Queen of Spades 2009, directed by Thorold Dickinson Pushkin’s marvellously histrionic tale of cupidity and terrible vengeance gets a suitably wild-eyed treatment in Thorold Dickinson’s 1949 film. In Tsarist Russi
The Queen of Spades review – thrillingly addictive tale of gambling and sin | Period and historical films Thorold Dickinson’s 1949 Pushkin adaptation is a glorious melodrama about an ambitious Russian military officer and a countess who sold her soul to the devil in exchange for the secrets of a card game
The Queen of Spades: Martin Scorsese calls this stunning film a true classic. We agree – The Irish Times The film returns at a time of the year when ghost stories are particularly cherished
Review: The Queen of Spades Ealing Studios’s opulent adaptation of Alexander Pushkin’s novella is a cult classic in search of an audience.
The Queen of Spades (PG) | The Independent Thorold Dickinson (91 mins), starring Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard
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