The Gambler (1938 film)

The Gambler
Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
Produced by Franz Vogel
Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel)
Peter Hagen
Alois Johannes Lippl
Starring Eugen Klöpfer
Lída Baarová
Hedwig Bleibtreu
Music by Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography Otto Baecker
Edited by Fritz C. Mauch
Production
company
Euphono-Film
Kreutzberg-Produktion
Distributed by Tobis Film
Release date
 1 September 1938
Running time
 80 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

The Gambler (German:Der Spieler) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Lída Baarová and Hedwig Bleibtreu. It is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Gambler. Because of the scandal over Baarová's affair with Joseph Goebbels, followed by her return to Czechoslovakia, the film was withdrawn from cinemas three days after its release. It was not given a release again until 1950. A similar fate had befallen another film of hers A Prussian Love Story.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Heinrich Weidemann.

A separate French-language version Le Joueur (1938) was also released, with Pierre Blanchar and Viviane Romance.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Kreimeier p.246

Bibliography

  • Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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