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
Nikolay Burlyaev
Unknown
Tatyana Ivanova
Unknown
Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya
Unknown
Vsevolod Kuznetsov
Unknown
Vasiliy Livanov
Unknown
Jitka Zelenohorská
Unknown
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Unknown
Božena Obrová
Unknown
Marie Popelková
Unknown
Kateřina Klumparová
Unknown
Růžena Smolíková
Unknown
Ludvík Pozník
Unknown
Fyodor Nikitin
Unknown
Helena Růžičková
Unknown
Walter Steiner
Café Owner
Františka Horáková
Unknown
Miroslav Hedánek
Unknown
Radko Choc
Unknown
Václav Kotva
Unknown
Josef Lébr
Unknown
Vladimír Linka
Unknown
Lubomír Pavelek
Unknown
Jiří Pokora
Unknown
Jaroslav Pospíšil
Unknown
Kamil Prachař
Unknown
Gustav Vondráček
Unknown
Jiří Růžička
Unknown
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
Josef Staněk
Musician
František Tůma
Musician
Václav Volín
Musician
Jaroslav Zíma
Musician
Oskar Lind
Unknown
Georgiy Teykh
Unknown
Kirill Gun
Unknown
Pavel Dolgorukov
Unknown
Ye. Bakerkina
Unknown
A. Kozlov
Unknown
Svetlana Mazovetskaya
Unknown
Inna Kondrateva
Unknown
Anatoliy Shvederskiy
Unknown
Crew
F. Gakusyan
Dramaturgy
Aleksey Batalov
Director
Mikhail Olshevsky
Screenplay
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Raisa Izakson
Editor
Dmitri Meskhiyev
Director of Photography
Jiří Růžička
First Assistant Director
Viktor Sergeev
First Assistant Director
M. Davydov
First Assistant Director
L. Berger
Assistant Director
Michal Vostřez
Assistant Director
Boris Molochnik
Assistant Director
Bohuslav Kulič
Production Design
Isaak Kaplan
Production Design
Antonín Holub
Camera Operator
Anatoly Taborov
Camera Operator
A. Gorkov
Camera Operator
A. Gorbonosov
Assistant Camera
A. Romanov
Assistant Camera
Jarmila Romanová
Costumer
Liliya Moshkina
Costumer
Jiřina Vrbová
Costumer
Rita Kravchenko
Makeup & Hair
Jiří Šimon
Makeup & Hair
Boris Soloviev
Makeup & Hair
Radomila Marková
Makeup & Hair
Božena Došlá
Makeup & Hair
Asya Zvereva
Sound
Oleg Karavaichuk
Original Music Composer
M. Struchkova
Set Decoration
Miloslav Dvořák
Set Decoration
Josef Vítek
Still Photographer
Jana Vohryzková
Clapper Loader
Přemek Longa
Assistant Production Design
Václav Cajthaml
Production Manager
Igor Lebed
Production Manager
Milana Melcerová
Unit Production Manager
Josef Mathauser
Unit Production Manager
Alena Lípová
Assistant Production Manager