The Queen of Spades
About The Queen of Spades
Germann, played by Pavel Biryukov, watches his friends at faro and will not play. He hears that an old countess knows a three-card secret. He courts her granddaughter Liza, played by Aleksandra Goncharova, to get close to the countess. Antonina Pozharskaya plays the countess and Andrey Gromov plays Tomsky.
Cast & crew
More about The Queen of Spades
Pyotr Chardynin wrote and directed this short from Alexander Pushkin's 1834 story. The Russian title is Pikovaya dama.
Themes
Notes
- Biryukov is billed as P. Biryukov and Pozharskaya as A. Pozharskaya.
Influenced by
- The Queen of Spades (Alexander Pushkin, 1834)
