The Gambler | |
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Directed by | Károly Makk |
Screenplay by | Katharine Ogden Charles Cohen Nick Dear |
Produced by | Charles Cohen Frank Jansen René Seegers Berry van Zwieten Marc Vlessing |
Cinematography | Jules van den Steenhoven |
Edited by | Kevin Whelan |
Music by | Brian Lock Gerard Schurmann |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Gambler is a 1997 drama film directed by Károly Makk and starring Michael Gambon, Jodhi May and Polly Walker. It is set around the writing of the 1866 novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.[1]
The film was notable for its casting of Luise Rainer. The Oscar-winning actress had not made a film in fifty-four years prior to her appearance in this one.