Der Spieler (1938)
1h 20m
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August 31, 1938Release Date
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The player, also known as a player's novel, is a German literary film based on the novella of the same name by Fjodor Dostoyevsky.
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The Gambler (German: Der Spieler) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Lída Baarová, and Hedwig Bleibtreu. It is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel The Gambler. Due to the scandal over Baarová's affair with Joseph Goebbels, followed by her return to Czechoslovakia, the film was withdrawn from cinemas three days after its release. It was not given a release again until 1950. A similar fate had befallen another film of hers, A Prussian Love Story.The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Heinrich Weidemann.
A separate French-language version Le Joueur (1938) was also released, with Pierre Blanchar and Viviane Romance.