The Gambler

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The Gambler

1972

1h 39m

2.0(2 votes)

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Overview

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.

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Николай Бурляев

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Татьяна Иванова

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Любовь Добржанская

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Всеволод Кузнецов

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Василий Ливанов

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Jitka Zelenohorská

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Александр Кайдановский

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Božena Obrová

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Marie Popelková

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Kateřina Klumparová

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Růžena Smolíková

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Ludvík Pozník

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Фёдор Никитин

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Helena Růžičková

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Walter Steiner

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Františka Horáková

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Miroslav Hedánek

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Radko Choc

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Václav Kotva

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Josef Lébr

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Vladimír Linka

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Lubomír Pavelek

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Jiří Pokora

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Jaroslav Pospíšil

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Kamil Prachař

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Gustav Vondráček

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Jiří Růžička

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Jaroslav Soukup

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Františka Drtílková-Balounová

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Erich Bříza

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Lydie Cillerová

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Vladimír Dubský

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Milan Galis

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Jan Gall

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Alexandr Harant

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František Harant

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Jaromír Havlík

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Václav Hoppe

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Karel Keller

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Rudolf Kroupa

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Josef Matzke

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Václav Nový

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František Osvald

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Petr Petřík

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Karel Sedlák

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Jana Sedláková

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Petr Skalka

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Jaroslav Sochůrek

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Josef Staněk

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František Tůma

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Václav Volín

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Jaroslav Zíma

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Оскар Линд

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Георгий Тейх

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Кирилл Гун

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Pavel Dolgorukov

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Ye. Bakerkina

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A. Kozlov

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Светлана Мазовецкая

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Инна Кондратьева

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Анатолий Шведерский

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