The Gambler (1997 film)
The Gambler is a 1997 drama film directed by Károly Makk and starring Michael Gambon, Jodhi May and Polly Walker. It is set around the writing of the 1866 novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.[1]
The film was notable for its casting of Luise Rainer. The Oscar-winning actress had not made a film in fifty-four years prior to her appearance in this one.
Plot summary[]
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Cast[]
- Michael Gambon ... Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Jodhi May ... Anna Snitkina
- Polly Walker ... Polina
- Dominic West ... Alexei
- Luise Rainer ... Grandmother
- Will Houston ... Pasha
- Johan Leysen ... De Grieux
- John Wood ... The General
- Angeline Ball ... Mlle. Blanche
- ... Mme. de Cominges
- ... Ivan
- Gijs Scholten van Aschat ... Maikov
- Lucy Davis ... Dunya
- ... Potapych
- Patrick Godfrey ... Professor Olkhin
- ... Ustinya
- ... Stellovsky
- ... Anna's Father
- Vera Venczel ... Anna's Mother
- ... Karl
- ... Croupier I
- ... Middle Aged Woman
- Zoltán Gera ... Creditor
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Categories:
- 1997 films
- 1997 drama films
- British films
- British drama films
- Hungarian films
- Dutch films
- Biographical films about writers
- English-language films
- English-language Dutch films
- English-language Hungarian films
- Films directed by Károly Makk
- Films set in 1866
- Gambling films
- Works about Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1990s British film stubs
- Hungarian film stubs