Queen of Spades (1960)
October 27, 1960Release Date
Queen of Spades (1960)
October 27, 1960Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Oleg Strizhenov
German
Elena Polevitskaya
Countess
Irina Gubanova
Polina
Olga Krasina
Liza
Vadim Medvedev
Tomsky
Tamara Milashkina
Actress
Valentin Kulik
Yeletsky
Roman Tikhomirov
Director
Alexander Pushkin
Writer
Alexandr Gustavson
German's friend
Gennadi Vasilyev
Writer
Vladimir Basov
(voice)
Sergey Vasilev
Writer
Zurab Andgaparidze
German (voice)
Sergey Vasilyev
Writer
Sofia Preobragenskaya
Countess (voice)
Larisa Avdeeva
Polina (voice)
Victor Nechipailo
Tomsky (voice)
Eugeny Kibkalo
Yeletsky (voice)
Vladimir Volodin
German's friend (voice)
V.Kirillov
(voice)
Mark Reshetin
(voice)
G.Hsulpin
(voice)
Igor Vuskovich
Art Direction
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Original Music Composer
Yevgenia Slovtsova
Costume Design
Yevgeni Shapiro
Director of Photography
Raisa Izakson
Editor
Isaak Glikman
Writer
Pavel Beisbrem
Writer
Boris Yaructovsky
Writer
D.Radlov
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 27, 1960
Original NameПиковая дама
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
Wiki.
The Queen of Spades (Russian: «Пиковая дама», romanized: Pikovaya dama) is a 1960 film adaptation of Tchaikovsky's opera The Queen of Spades, based on the 1834 Aleksandr Pushkin short story of the same name, and directed by Roman Tikhomirov.
The film, set in the 1820s, follows a man named Hermann, who has just returned from army service to Moscow. At the beginning of the film, he is in love with the beautiful young Liza - who is engaged to another - but soon he becomes fatally obsessed with learning the secret to a winning card combination from Liza's grandmother, the Countess.
The operatic parts were performed by Zurab Andzhaparidze, Tamara Milashkina, and Yevgeny Kibkalo.
For this film Oleg Strizhenov received the Aleksandr Pushkin's Big Gold Medal and the prize of the Russian Musical Fund of Irina Arkhipova "for the brilliant realization of the figure of Hermann in the film Queen of Spades".