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The Queen of Spades (Russian: «Пиковая дама», romanized: Pikovaya dama) is an 1834 novella with supernatural elements by Alexander Pushkin, about human avarice. Written in autumn 1833 in Boldino , [ 1 ] it was first published in the literary magazine Biblioteka dlya chteniya in March 1834 .
The Queen of Spades is a 1949 British fantasy-horror film directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans and Yvonne Mitchell (in her cinematic debut). It is based on the 1834 short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin .
The queen of spades is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck. Queen of Spades may also refer to: "The Queen of Spades" (story), an 1833 short story by Alexander Pushkin The Queen of Spades, an 1890 opera by Tchaikovsky; The Queen of Spades, a Russian short film
The ace of spades, unique in its large, ornate spade, is sometimes said to be the death card or the picture card, and in some games is used as a trump card. The queen of spades usually holds a sceptre and is sometimes known as "the bedpost queen", though more often she is called the "black lady". She is the only queen facing right.
The Queen of Spades or Pique Dame, [a] Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama listen ⓘ, French: La Dame de Pique) is an opera in three acts (seven scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on the 1834 novella of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but with a dramatically altered plot.
The Queen of Spades (Russian: «Пиковая дама», romanized: Pikovaya dama) is a 1960 film adaptation of Tchaikovsky's opera The Queen of Spades, based on the 1834 Aleksandr Pushkin short story of the same name, and directed by Roman Tikhomirov.
Full movie. The Queen of Spades, (Russian: Пиковая ... The film is based on the 1834 short story "The Queen of Spades" by Alexander Pushkin. Starring
Other such phrases include "Suicide King", denoting the King of Hearts (K ♥) bearing a sword through his head, and 'Bedside Queen', denoting the Queen of Spades (Q ♠) bearing a staff that resembles a wooden bedpost. The name "Allergic Queen" also refers to the Queens facing away from the flowers they hold.