Der Spieler

Der Spieler was released on 1 de noviembre de 1938.

Der Spieler was directed by Gerhard Lamprecht.

Der Spieler has a runtime of 80min.

Der Spieler was produced by Franz Vogel.

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.

The key characters in Der Spieler are Dr. Tronka (Albrecht Schoenhals), General Kirileff (Eugen Klöpfer), Nina, seine Tochter (Lída Baarová).

Der Spieler is a Drama film.

Der Spieler has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.