Synopsis
The film tells about the Decembrists’ revolt in the south of Russia. Right before the Decembrist Revolt 1825 a chevalier of fortune decides that it's time for a game. But on whom to make a bet? He asks the cards. But he's not the only one who makes the choice.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Yury TynyanovWriter
- Yulian OxmanWriter
- Grigori KozintsevDirector
- Leonid TraubergDirector
Cast
- Pyotr SobolevskyLieutenant Sukhanov
- Sergei GerasimovMedoks, opportunist
- Oleg ZhakovYoung hussar
- Yanina ZheymoCircus actress
- Andrei KostrichkinMedoks's servant
- Sofiya MagarillVishnevskiy's wife
- Nikolai MichurinCircus owner
- Konstantin KhokhlovGeneral Vishnevskiy
- Mikhail MishelGeneral Veysmar
- Boris FeodosyevOfficer
- Emil GalGambler (uncredited)
- Aleksandr MelnikovBoy with apples
Stills
Themes
soviet realism