King, Queen, Knave (film)
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King, Queen, Knave is a 1972 German comedy film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
, based on the novel of the same name
by Vladimir Nabokov
. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival
.
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début Oko wykol...
, based on the novel of the same name
King, Queen, Knave
King, Queen, Knave is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov , while living in Berlin and sojourning at resorts in the Baltic in 1928...
by Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival
1972 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Joseph Losey *Bibi Andersson *Georges Auric *Erskine Caldwell *Mark Donskoi *Miloš Forman *Giorgio Papi *Jean Rochereau *Alain Tanner...
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Cast
- Gina LollobrigidaGina LollobrigidaGina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptress. She was one of the most popular European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was also an iconic sex symbol of the 1950s. Today, she remains an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the...
as Martha Dreyer - David NivenDavid NivenJames David Graham Niven , known as David Niven, was a British actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther...
as Charles Dreyer - John Moulder BrownJohn Moulder BrownJohn Moulder-Brown is a British actor who started his career as a child; he is best remembered for his role in the 1971 classic Deep End....
as Frank - Mario AdorfMario AdorfMario Adorf is a German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978 film The Tin Drum.-Biography:...
as Prof. Ritter - Carl Duering as Enricht
- Barbara ValentinBarbara ValentinBarbara Valentin was an Austrian actress. She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.-Biography:...
as Optician - Sonia Hofmann as Sonia
- Erica BeerErica Beer-Selected filmography:* Winter in the Woods * Schwarzwaldmelodie * Der rote Kreis * The Counterfeit Traitor * Deep End * King, Queen, Knave -External links:...
as Frieda - Elma Karlowa as Hanna
- Mogens von Gadow as Piffke
- Felicitas Peters as Ida
- Christopher SandfordChristopher SandfordChristopher Sandford of Eye Manor, Herefordshire, was a book designer, proprietor of the Golden Cockerel Press, a founding director of the Folio Society, and husband of the wood engraver and pioneer Corn dolly revivalist, Lettice Sandford, née Mackintosh Rate.-Biography:He was born in Cork,...
as Hofmann - Christine Schuberth as Isolda