Die Spielerin

The read

It runs a compact 1h 29m.

Synopsis

It all starts with a mistake. The wealthy Polina finds a sleeping man in her hotel room, the business lawyer Friedrich. A mistake by the receptionist, he claims, and she believes him. He asks her to play for him in the casino. She is a lucky child. She plays and wins. Friedrich, who is accused of embezzlement, sees his mountain of debt melt away. But then his luck changes. Polina's losses soon threaten her own existence.

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Key crew

• Erhard RiedlspergerDirector
• Fred BreinersdorferWriter

Cast

• Hannelore ElsnerPolina Sieveking
• Erwin SteinhauerFriedrich Mühlbichler
• Nina PetriClaudia
• Frank GieringDietrich Schröder
• Gesine CukrowskiAnnegret Reuther
• Michael SchönbornSchweizer Zeuge