The Gambler

Synopsis

This lavish Soviet/Czech co-production is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's famous novel, The Gambler, which tells the story of a Russian living in Germany, in a gambling resort. This film is set at the turn of the century, and was filmed in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czechoslovakia. Played by Nikolai Burlyayev, the gambler succumbs completely to his addiction, using up every resource he has (human, spiritual and financial) in his wagering, finally becoming a rootless drifter.

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Key crew

• Mikhail OlshevskyScreenplay
• Oleg KaravaichukOriginal Music Composer
• Aleksey BatalovDirector

Cast

• Nikolay BurlyaevCast
• Tatyana IvanovaCast
• Lyubov DobrzhanskayaCast
• Vsevolod KuznetsovCast
• Vasiliy LivanovCast
• Jitka ZelenohorskáCast
• Aleksandr KaydanovskiyCast
• Božena ObrováCast
• Marie PopelkováCast
• Kateřina KlumparováCast
• Růžena SmolíkováCast
• Ludvík PozníkCast

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