Queen Of Spades. The (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Directed by Thorold Dickinson

Starring: Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Ronald Howard, Yvonne Mitchell, Mary Jerrold, Ivor Barnard, Anthony M. Dawson, Valentine Dyall, Miles Malleson, Gibb McLaughlin, Michael Medwin, Yusef Ramart, Athene Seyler, Pauline Tennant
Contributors: Rodney Ackland, Arthur Boys, Anatole de Grunwald, Georges Auric, Otto Heller
Studio: StudioCanal
Genre: Classic
Main Language: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 23 Jan 2023
Originally Issued: 1949
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 96 minutes

Description

1940s suspense thriller based on the short story by Alexander Pushkin. Anton Walbrook stars as Russian army captain Herman Suvorin, who secretly covets the wealth and position of his fellow officers and becomes obsessed with learning the secrets of the card game Faro. When he hears that the elderly Countess Ranevskaya (Edith Evans) has struck a bargain with the devil to gain the very knowledge he so desires, he schemes his way into her household and does all he can to wrestle the knowledge from her - but the price turns out to be much higher than he could ever have imagined.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Behind The Scenes
• Interviews: Thorold Dickinson (audio only: 1951 & 1968)
• Commentary: Nick Pinkerton (author)
• Other Documentary: 'Anna Bogutskaya plays 'The Queen of Spades'; 'The Nightmare People: Thorold Dickinson on Saturday Night at the Movies'