The Gambler
Overview
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.
Release date
17/11/1972
Votes
3
Popularity
1.4
Nikolay Burlyaev
Tatyana Ivanova
Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya
Vsevolod Kuznetsov
Vasiliy Livanov
Jitka Zelenohorská
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Božena Obrová
Marie Popelková
Kateřina Klumparová
Růžena Smolíková
Ludvík Pozník
Fyodor Nikitin
Helena Růžičková
Walter Steiner
Café Owner
Františka Horáková
Miroslav Hedánek
Radko Choc
Václav Kotva
Josef Lébr
Vladimír Linka
Lubomír Pavelek
Jiří Pokora
Jaroslav Pospíšil
Kamil Prachař
Gustav Vondráček
Jiří Růžička
Jaroslav Soukup
Conductor
Františka Drtílková-Balounová
Harpist
Erich Bříza
Musician
Lydie Cillerová
Musician
Vladimír Dubský
Musician
Milan Galis
Musician
Jan Gall
Musician
Alexandr Harant
Musician
František Harant
Musician
Jaromír Havlík
Musician
Václav Hoppe
Musician
Karel Keller
Musician
Rudolf Kroupa
Musician
Josef Matzke
Musician
Václav Nový
Musician
František Osvald
Musician
Petr Petřík
Musician
Karel Sedlák
Musician
Jana Sedláková
Musician
Petr Skalka
Musician
Jaroslav Sochůrek
Musician
Václav Volín
Musician
Josef Staněk
Musician
František Tůma
Musician
Jaroslav Zíma
Musician
Oskar Lind
Georgiy Teykh
Kirill Gun
Pavel Dolgorukov
Ye. Bakerkina
A. Kozlov
Svetlana Mazovetskaya
Inna Kondratyeva
Housemaid
Anatoliy Shvederskiy
Original Soundtrack
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My French Amore
The Count of Monte-Cristo
The Story of O
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The Idiot
Gone Baby Gone
Heart of Darkness
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Sense and Sensibility
The Sum of All Fears
The School of Flesh
Haq
Layer Cake
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
A Boy and His Dog
My Sunny Maad
A Tale of Two Cities
Burning Rainbow Farm
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis