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The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades
Directed by	Aleksandr Razumny
Written by	Alexander Pushkin (short story); Charlie Roellinghoff; Arthur Bárdos;
Starring	Jenny Jugo; Rudolf Forster; Henri de Vries;
Cinematography	Carl Drews
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner; Erich Nitzschmann [de];
Production; company	Phoebus Film
Distributed by	Phoebus Film
Release date	August 1927;
Running time	unknown
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent; German intertitles;

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The Queen of Spades or Pique Dame is a 1927 German silent horror film directed by Aleksandr Razumny and starring Jenny Jugo, Rudolf Forster, and Henri de Vries.^[1] It is one of many film adaptations of the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin's 1834 short story "Pikovaya Dama" ("The Queen of Spades") and follows his story closely. It is an example of German Expressionism so prevalent there following the success of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in 1919.^[2] The film's sets were designed by art director Franz Schroedter.

Plot

Tomski, a Russian soldier, mentions to the other soldiers playing cards with him that, years before, his grandmother, the Countess Tomski, told him that an old sorcerer had bestowed upon her a supernatural secret to winning at cards. Another soldier named Hermann later manages to sneak into the Countess' house and tries to wrest the secret from her. The old woman dies of fright, and later her ghost returns to haunt Hermann, driving him insane.

Cast

Jenny Jugo as Lisa
Rudolf Forster as Tomski the soldier
Alexandra Schmitt [als; de; fr] as the Countess Tomski
Walter Janssen as Hermann
Henri de Vries as Tomski's Uncle
Alexander Murski
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Hermann's Mother
Robert Scholz
Ferdinand von Alten

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 228.
^ Workman & Howarth, p. 318.

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-68-2.

External links

The Queen of Spades at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTEBockBergfelder228-1] Bock & Bergfelder, p. 228.

[FOOTNOTEWorkmanHowarth318-2] Workman & Howarth, p. 318.

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-'''''The Queen of Spades''''' or '''''Pique Dame''''' is a 1927 German [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[ Aleksandr Razumnyj]] and starring [[Jenny Jugo]], [[Rudolf Forster]] and [[Henri De Vries ]].<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.228</ref> It is one of many film adaptations of the Russian writer [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s short story ''[[The Queen of Spades (story)|The Queen of Spades]]''.
+'''''The Queen of Spades''''' or '''''Pique Dame''''' is a 1927 German [[silent film|silent]] [[horror film]] directed by [[Aleksandr Razumny]] and starring [[Jenny Jugo]], [[Rudolf Forster]], and [[Henri de Vries]].{{sfn|Bock|Bergfelder|p=228}} It is one of many film adaptations of the Russian writer [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s 1834 short story "Pikovaya Dama" ("[[The Queen of Spades (story)|The Queen of Spades]]") and follows his story closely. It is an example of German Expressionism so prevalent there following the success of ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' in 1919.{{sfn|Workman|Howarth|p=318}} The film's sets were designed by [[art director]] [[Franz Schroedter]].
+==Plot==
-The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Franz Schroedter]].
+Tomski, a Russian soldier, mentions to the other soldiers playing cards with him that, years before, his grandmother, the Countess Tomski, told him that an old sorcerer had bestowed upon her a supernatural secret to winning at cards. Another soldier named Hermann later manages to sneak into the Countess' house and tries to wrest the secret from her. The old woman dies of fright, and later her ghost returns to haunt Hermann, driving him insane.
 ==Cast==
+{{cast listing|
-* [[   Jenny Jugo ]] as Lisa
-* [[Rudolf Forster]] as Tomski - ein Spieler
+* [[Jenny Jugo]] as Lisa
-* [[Alexandra Schmitt]] as Gräfin Tomski
+* [[Rudolf Forster]] as Tomski the soldier
+* {{ill|Alexandra Schmitt|als||de||fr}} as the Countess Tomski
-* [[Henri De Vries]] as Tomskis Onkel
-* [[Walter Janssen ]] as Hermann
+* [[Walter Janssen]] as Hermann
+* [[Henri de Vries]] as Tomski's Uncle
-* [[Alexander Murski ]]
+* [[Alexander Murski]]
-* [[Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg ]] as Hermanns Mutter
+* [[Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg]] as Hermann's Mother
-* [[Robert Scholz ]]
-* [[Ferdinand von Alten ]]
+* [[Robert Scholz]]
+* [[Ferdinand von Alten]]
+}}
 ==References==
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 ==Bibliography==
-* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
+* {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Bock|Bergfelder}} | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
+* {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Workman|Howarth}} | last1 = Workman | first1 = Christopher | last2 = Howarth | first2 = Troy | title = Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era | publisher = Midnight Marquee Press | year = 2016 | location = Baltimore | isbn = 978-1-936168-68-2 }}
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+[[Category:Films about gambling]]
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+[[Category:1920s ghost films]]
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+[[Category:1927 drama films]]
+[[Category:Silent drama films]]
+[[Category:Silent horror films]]
+[[Category:1920s German films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner]]
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