The Queen of Spades
Mar 16 1949
•2h 35m
•Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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.
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Anton Walbrook
Capt. Herman Suvorin
Edith Evans
The Old Countess Ranevskaya
Yvonne Mitchell
Lizavetta Ivanova
Ronald Howard
Andrei
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