1949 · 110 min · dramat

The Great Sinner

Znany też jako: Der Spieler · Passion fatale · Il grande peccatore · El Gran Pecador

Opis filmu

Opis oryginalny: angielski

During the 1860s in Wiesbaden, Pauline Ostrovsky, a reformed addict, receives a manuscript from the dying writer Fedya (diminutive of Fyodor), in which he looks back at their first meeting: While traveling from Moscow to Paris, Fedya meets Pauline and secretly feels attracted to her. Noticing she is disembarking at Wiesbaden, Fedya decides to leave the train as well and follows her to a casino. There, he finds out Pauline is, like her father General Ostrovsky, a gambling addict. Upon seeing how undisturbed the Ostrovskys are to find out the General's wealthy mother is dying, he becomes interested in the effects of gambling. He decides to stay in Wiesbaden to do a character study of gambling addicts.

Reżyseria i główne role

Reżyseria: Robert Siodmak

Główne role: Ethel Barrymore jako Grandmother Ostrovsky, Melvyn Douglas jako Armand De Glasse, Walter Huston jako General Ostrovsky, Friedrich von Ledebur jako Casino Secretary (as Frederick Ledebur), Ludwig Donath jako Doctor, Agnes Moorehead jako Emma Getzel

Pełna obsada

Scenariusz

Christopher Isherwood, Ladislas Fodor