The Queen of Spades
Nov 21 1982
•2h 32m
•Drama, Horror, TV Movie
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.
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Viktor Proskurin
Germann
Irina Dymchenko
Yelena Gogoleva
Vitali Solomin
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