The film tells about the Decembrists’ revolt in the south of Russia. Right before the Decembrist Revolt 1825 a chevalier of fortune decides that it's time for a game. But on whom to make a bet? He asks the cards. But he's not the only one who makes the choice.
Directed by Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
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Cast

Pyotr Sobolevsky
Lieutenant Sukhanov

Sergei Gerasimov
Medoks, opportunist

Oleg Zhakov
Young hussar

Yanina Zheymo
Circus actress

Andrei Kostrichkin
Medoks's servant

Sofiya Magarill
Vishnevskiy's wife

Nikolai Michurin
Circus owner

Konstantin Khokhlov
General Vishnevskiy
Mikhail Mishel
General Veysmar

Boris Feodosyev
Officer

Emil Gal
Gambler (uncredited)

Aleksandr Melnikov
Boy with apples

Lyudmila Semyonova
Lady at the gambling house
Dmitriy Zhiryakov
(uncredited)
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