The Gambler
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy · Božena Obrová · Jitka Zelenohorská · Kateřina Klumparová · Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya · Marie Popelková · Nikolay Burlyaev · Tatyana Ivanova · Vasiliy Livanov · Vsevolod Kuznetsov · Aleksey Batalov · Mikhail Olshevsky