The Queen of Spades (1916) movie

While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once incurred an enormous gambling debt, which she was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards inwards a certain order. One of Narumov’s friends, German, has never gambled, but he is intrigued by the story about the Countess and her secret. He soon becomes obsessed with learning this secret from her, and he starts by courting her young ward Lizaveta, hoping to use her to gain access to the Countess.

The Queen of Spades (1916) movie

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Production Co.: N. Ermolieff

Directed by Yakov Protazanov
Writing Credits: Alexander Pushkin (short story “The Queen of Spades”), Fyodor Otsep, Yakov Protazanov
Produced by Joseph N. Ermolieff
Cinematography by Yevgeni Slavinsky

Cast:
Tamara Duvan as The Countess as a young woman
Ivan Mozzhukhin as Hermann
Vera Orlova as Lizaveta
Nikolai Panov as Count of Saint-Germain
Polikarp Pavlov as The Count
Yelizaveta Shebueva as The Countess