Her obsession with gambling led her to discover a sinister pact that destroyed her life.
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman's spirit.
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Producer: Anatole de Grunwald
Story: Alexander Pushkin
Writer: Rodney Ackland, Arthur Boys
Director of Photography: Otto Heller
Capt. Herman Suvorin
The Old Countess Ranevskaya
Lizavetta Ivanova
Andrei
Old Varvarushka
Fyodor
Tchybukin
Hovaisky
Original Trailer