While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once incurred an enormous gambling debt, which she was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards in a certain order. One of Narumov's friends, German, has never gambled, but he is intrigued by the story about the Countess and her secret. He soon becomes obsessed with learning this secret from her, and he starts by courting her young ward Lizaveta, hoping to use her to gain access to the Countess.
Stars: Ivan Mosjoukine, Vera Orlova, Nikolai Panov, Yelizaveta Shebueva, Tatiana Duvan, Polikarp Pavlov
Crew: Yakov Protazanov (Director), Joseph N. Ermolieff (Production Manager), Yakov Protazanov (Writer), Fyodor Otsep (Writer), Georg Asagaroff (Assistant Director), Yevgeni Slavinsky (Director of Photography)
Country: Russia
Language: No Language
Studio: Yermoliev
Runtime: 63 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 19, 1916
IMDb: 5.4
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