The Queen of Spades (1960 film)

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The Queen of Spades
Directed by Roman Tikhomirov
Written by Aleksandr Pushkin
Roman Tikhomirov
Starring Oleg Strizhenov
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cinematography Lenfilm
Release date(s) 1960
Running time 106 min.
Language Russian
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The Queen of Spades (Russian: Пиковая дама) is a 1960 film adaptation of the opera The Queen of Spades, based on the Aleksandr Pushkin short story of the same name.

The operatic parts were performed by Zurab Andzhaparidze, Tamara Milashkina, Yevgeny Kibkalo.

For this film Oleg Strizhenov received the Aleksandr Pushkin's Big Gold Medal and the prize of the Russian Musical Fund of Irina Arkhipova "for the brilliant realization of the figure of Hermann in the film Queen of Spades".

[edit] Cast

Oleg Strizhenov as Herman and Yelena Polevitskaya as Countess in the film
Oleg Strizhenov as Herman and Yelena Polevitskaya as Countess in the film
  • Hermann - Oleg Strizhenov
  • Lisa - Olga Krasina
  • Countess - Yelena Polevitskaya
  • Count Tomsky - Vadim Medvedev
  • Yeletsky - Valentin Kulik
Olga Krasina as Lisa and Oleg Strizhenov as Herman in the film
Olga Krasina as Lisa and Oleg Strizhenov as Herman in the film

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