The Queen of Spades

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.

Director: Igor Maslennikov

Cast: Viktor Proskurin, Irina Dymchenko, Yelena Gogoleva, Vitali Solomin, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Konstantin Grigorev, Alla Demidova, Aleksandr Zakharov

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.