
Igrok
Drama
Director
Aleksey Batalov
Writers
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mikhail Olshevsky
Stars
Nikolay Burlyaev, Tatyana Ivanova, Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya
Language
Russian
Country
Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia
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Reviews
🎭 Top Cast

Nikolay Burlyaev
as Aleksey Ivanovich

Tatyana Ivanova
as Paulina

Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya
as babushka Antonida Vasilyevna

Vsevolod Kuznetsov
as general Zagoryanskiy

Jitka Zelenohorská
as Blanche

Vasiliy Livanov
as De Grieux

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
as Astley
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Aleksandr Zakharov
as Croupier
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A. Andreev
as Episodic role
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Ye. Bakerkina
🎬 Technical Specs
Sound
Mono
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov, Lenfilm Studio
🏷️ Keywords
one word titlebased on novel
🎯 Categories
RussianDrama
⭐ Featured Review
Unrealised potential
"The story clearly has dramatic potential, comprising as it does family conflict, romantic troubles and the changing fortunes of the roulette wheel. Certainly the camera work is dramatic with lots of cuts and close ups and the cast and settings are fairly strong. However, I found myself rather unengaged. The telling of the story with repeated flashbacks distances one, as does the muted colour palette and the very 'shouty' scenes of self dramatising and inconsistent characters. The plot has somewhat clichéd elements. Despite this, I found it a little difficult to follow the twists an..."
💡 Did You Know?
Final film of Bozena Obrová.
📖 Synopsis
No synopsis available.

