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The Gambler
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- Drama
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 17, 1972
- Original language
- Czech
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
- Production
- Filmové studio Barrandov,Lenfilm
- Cast
- Kirill Gun,Alexandr Harant,Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya,Jaroslav Zíma,Ye. Bakerkina,Helena Růžičková,Josef Staněk,Walter Steiner,Karel Keller,Jaroslav Pospíšiland 51 more
- Director
- Aleksey Batalov
- Cinematography
- Dmitri Meskhiyev
- Music
- Oleg Karavaichuk
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0068729