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The Queen Of Spades


Date: 1949
Type: Fantasy / Horror
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Producer: Anatole de Grunwald
Comment/Synopsis
A soldier discovers that an elderly countess did a deal with the devil to know the lucky cards in a card game. He manipulates a young woman's feeling to get to the countess and cuases her death, after which he is haunted by her spirit. Anton Walbrook gives a good performance for what is a quite unpleasant chacter.
Oscars
None
Production
Associated British Picture Corporation