The Gambler (1938)
A gambling-drama based on Dostoevsky’s works: The retired General Kirileff is addicted to gambling and also has a costly affair. He takes out a loan from the greedy imposter Vincent, for which he is to pay an exorbitant interest rate. Vincent, for his part, wants to get closer to Kirileff’s daughter Nina, who is to inherit her grandmother’s fortune one day. Nina tries to help her father and goes to the gambling tables, only to lose a lot of money. She asks Alexej, her father’s secretary, to play for her. Alexej is in love with Nina and would do anything for her. He plays; at first loses; then asks Nina to get Vincent out of there. Once that happens, he wins a large amount of money, becomes overbearing and treats Nina like a prostitute.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht
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Albrecht Schoenhals as Dr. Tronka |
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Eugen Klöpfer as General Kirileff |
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Lída Baarová as Nina, seine Tochter |
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Hedwig Bleibtreu as Babuschka, Ninas Großmutter |
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Hilde Körber as Comtesse Blanche du Placet |
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Paul Bildt as alter Mann am Spieltisch |
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Karl Martell as Baron Vincent |
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Hannes Stelzer as Alexej, der Spieler |
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Ellen Bang as |
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Harry Hardt as |
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Charlotte Fredersdorf as Frau am Spieltisch |
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Maria Krahn as Frau am Spieltisch |
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Elsa Wagner as Marfa, Kinderfrau |
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Franz Fiedler as Spieler |
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Karl Dannemann as |
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Karl Hannemann as Hotelportier |
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S.O. Schoening as Schatz, Juwelier |
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Werner Scharf as Spieler |
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Gerhard Dammann as Potapytsch, Diener |
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Fritz Draeger as |
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Carl Zickner as |
| Directing | Gerhard Lamprecht | Director |
| Writing | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Novel |
| Writing | Alois Johannes Lippl | Writer |
| Writing | Willi Krause | Writer |
