The Queen of Spades (1982)
Hermann is an officer of the engineers in the Imperial Russian Army. He constantly watches the other officers gamble, but never plays himself. One night, Tomsky tells a story about his grandmother, an elderly countess. Many years ago, in France, she lost a fortune at cards, and then won it back with the secret of the three winning cards, which she learned from the notorious Count of St. Germain. Hermann becomes obsessed with obtaining the secret.
Released: Nov 21, 1982
Runtime: 92 minutes
Genre: Drama, Horror, TV Movie
Stars: Viktor Proskurin, Irina Dymchenko, Yelena Gogoleva, Vitali Solomin, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Konstantin Grigorev
Crew: Igor Maslennikov (Director), Aleksandr Shlepyanov (Writer), Yuri Veksler (Director of Photography), Asya Zvereva (Sound), Alexander Pushkin (Short Story), Isaak Kaplan (Production Design)