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The Queen of Spades

191015 minRussia
DramaFantasyHorror

Synopsis

Germann watches other men gamble but fears risking his own money until he hears that an elderly countess knows a winning secret. His courtship of Liza gives him access to the countess's home. The desire to obtain the cards' mystery begins to overpower affection and judgment, drawing him toward a confrontation whose consequences follow him back to the gaming table.

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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
15:11
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Режиссер Петр Чардынин · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsPyotr Chardynin

Inspirations

Chardynin's short adaptation belongs to the screen history of Pushkin's story and its operatic retelling. Its concentrated series of scenes moves between courtship, supernatural suggestion and gambling obsession.

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Wikipedia — film referenceWikidata — film identity and creditsCentury Film Project — viewing notes on the 1910 film

Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

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