The Queen of Spades (1949 film)

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The Queen of Spades (1949 film) is a British gothic horror drama, adapted from Alexander Pushkin’s short story, about an officer obsessed with learning a secret card trick that leads to his downfall.

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instanceOf	film ⓘ
adaptationOf	Russian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Alexander Pushkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	The Queen of Spades (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
castMember	Anthony Dawson NERFINISHED ⓘ Anton Walbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ Aubrey Mather NERFINISHED ⓘ Edith Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivor Barnard NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Jerrold NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Malleson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvonne Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Otto Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	Thorold Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ
editor	Charles Knott NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingTechnique	studio-based production ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ gothic horror ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ
hasTitleCardLanguage	English ⓘ
leadActor	Anton Walbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Herman Suvorin NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeForm	feature film ⓘ
notableFor	expressionistic cinematography ⓘ gothic atmosphere ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	An officer becomes obsessed with learning a secret card trick that promises wealth but leads to his downfall. ⓘ
producer	George King NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	George King Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	army officer ⓘ
releaseYear	1949 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	95 ⓘ
screenwriter	Arthur Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodney Ackland NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation	Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod	19th century ⓘ
theme	fate ⓘ greed ⓘ obsession ⓘ supernatural pact ⓘ

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