Queen of Spades, The

Date: 1949
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Production Company: De Grunwald Productions, Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)

Stars: Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Ronald Howard, Yvonne Mitchell
Location(s): Vatican City State

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Storyline:

An army officer learns of an elderly countess who sold her soul to the Devil in exchange for success in playing cards.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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Although the action all takes place on sound stages in Welwyn Garden City, someone was sent out from the studio to get this shot.

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As he walks through St. Petersburg, Captain Herman Suvorin (Anton Walbrook) reads about Countess Ranevskaya and her pact with the Devil. One of the sets at Welwyn Studios in Hertfordshire.

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The film ends with townsfolk superimposed over a belfry as a single bell tolls. This is the Great Bell (Campanone) of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, found by Steve Randall.