The Gambler
99 mins
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.
Walter Steiner
Café Owner
Jaroslav Soukup
Conductor
Erich Bříza
Musician
Lydie Cillerová
Musician
Vladimír Dubský
Musician
Milan Galis
Musician
Jan Gall
Musician
Alexandr Harant
Musician
František Harant
Musician
Jaromír Havlík
Musician
Václav Hoppe
Musician
Karel Keller
Musician
Rudolf Kroupa
Musician
Josef Matzke
Musician
Václav Nový
Musician
František Osvald
Musician
Petr Petřík
Musician
Karel Sedlák
Musician
Jana Sedláková
Musician
Petr Skalka
Musician
Jaroslav Sochůrek
Musician
Josef Staněk
Musician
František Tůma
Musician
Václav Volín
Musician
Jaroslav Zíma
Musician
F. Gakusyan
Dramaturgy
Mikhail Olshevsky
Screenplay
M. Davydov
First Assistant Director
L. Berger
Assistant Director
Michal Vostřez
Assistant Director
Milana Melcerová
Unit Production Manager
Jiří Šimon
Makeup & Hair
Raisa Izakson
Editor
M. Struchkova
Set Decoration
Boris Solovyov
Makeup & Hair
Asya Zvereva
Sound
Bohuslav Kulič
Production Design
A. Romanov
Assistant Camera
Alena Lípová
Assistant Production Manager
Isaak Kaplan
Production Design
Liliya Moshkina
Costumer
Raya Kravchenko
Makeup & Hair
Josef Mathauser
Unit Production Manager
Jana Vohryzková
Clapper Loader
Jarmila Romanová
Costumer
A. Gorbonosov
Assistant Camera
Přemek Longa
Assistant Production Design
Jiřina Vrbová
Costumer
Radomila Marková
Makeup & Hair
Igor Lebed
Production Manager
Václav Cajthaml
Production Manager
Miloslav Dvořák
Set Decoration
A. Gorkov
Camera Operator
Anatoly Taborov
Camera Operator
Antonín Holub
Camera Operator
Božena Došlá
Makeup & Hair
Josef Vítek
Still Photographer
Dmitri Meskhiyev
Director of Photography