
17/11/1972
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.

Nikolay Burlyaev
as

Tatyana Ivanova
as

Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya
as

Vsevolod Kuznetsov
as

Vasiliy Livanov
as

Jitka Zelenohorská
as

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
as

Božena Obrová
as

Marie Popelková
as

Kateřina Klumparová
as

Růžena Smolíková
as

Ludvík Pozník
as

Fyodor Nikitin
as

Helena Růžičková
as

Walter Steiner
as Café Owner

Františka Horáková
as

Miroslav Hedánek
as

Radko Choc
as

Václav Kotva
as

Josef Lébr
as

Vladimír Linka
as

Lubomír Pavelek
as

Jiří Pokora
as

Jaroslav Pospíšil
as

Kamil Prachař
as

Gustav Vondráček
as

Jiří Růžička
as

Jaroslav Soukup
as Conductor

Františka Drtílková-Balounová
as Harpist

Erich Bříza
as Musician

Lydie Cillerová
as Musician

Vladimír Dubský
as Musician

Milan Galis
as Musician

Jan Gall
as Musician

Alexandr Harant
as Musician

František Harant
as Musician

Jaromír Havlík
as Musician

Václav Hoppe
as Musician

Karel Keller
as Musician

Rudolf Kroupa
as Musician

Josef Matzke
as Musician

Václav Nový
as Musician

František Osvald
as Musician

Petr Petřík
as Musician

Karel Sedlák
as Musician

Jana Sedláková
as Musician

Petr Skalka
as Musician

Jaroslav Sochůrek
as Musician

Václav Volín
as Musician

Josef Staněk
as Musician

František Tůma
as Musician

Jaroslav Zíma
as Musician

Oskar Lind
as

Georgiy Teykh
as

Kirill Gun
as

Pavel Dolgorukov
as

Ye. Bakerkina
as

A. Kozlov
as

Svetlana Mazovetskaya
as

Inna Kondratyeva
as Housemaid

Anatoliy Shvederskiy
as
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