The Queen of Spades (1916)
April 19, 1916Release Date
The Queen of Spades (1916)
April 19, 1916Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Ivan Mosjoukine
Hermann
Vera Orlova
Lizaveta
Nikolai Panov
Count of Saint-Germain
Yelizaveta Shebueva
The Countess
Tatiana Duvan
The countess (young)
Polikarp Pavlov
The Count
Georg Asagaroff
Tomskiy / Assistant Director
Yakov Protazanov
Director / Writer
Joseph N. Ermolieff
Production Manager
Yevgeni Slavinsky
Director of Photography
Alexander Pushkin
Story
Fyodor Otsep
Writer
Rafał Rozmus
Composer
Vladimir Ballyuzek
Production Design
Aleksey Shargalin
Makeup & Hair
Nikolay Vorobyev
Costume Design
S. Lilienberg
Production Design
Valeriy Pschibytnevskiy
Production Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 19, 1916
Original NameПиковая дама
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 3m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Queen of Spades (Russian: «Пиковая дама», romanized: Pikovaya dama) is a 1916 film adaptation of the 1834 Aleksandr Pushkin short story of the same name. It is noted for its high production values, directorial technique and psychological depth of acting, especially by Ivan Mosjoukine. It is considered to be one of the best pre-revolutionary Russian films.
The film was the second production of the story, the first being the silent short film adaptation of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky opera by Pyotr Chardynin in 1910. Yakov Protazanov uses a wide combination of narrative, staging and camera techniques, many of which were unusual for that time, including retrospection, visions (prototypes of the stream of consciousness), split screen combination shots, flashbacks, jump cuts, deep focus and deep staging, and dissolves.