The Gambler (1947 film)

The Gambler
Directed byLeón Klimovsky
Written byManuel Villegas López
Based onThe Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky
StarringRoberto Escalada
Judith Sulian
Florindo Ferrario
CinematographyRoque Funes
Edited byJosé Cardella
Music byJulio Perceval
Production
company
Establecimientos Filmadores Argentinos
Distributed byEstablecimientos Filmadores Argentinos
Release date
  • 22 October 1947 (1947-10-22)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

The Gambler (Spanish: El jugador) is a 1947 Argentine drama film directed by León Klimovsky and starring Roberto Escalada, Judith Sulian and Florindo Ferrario. noirish in style, it is an adaptation of the 1866 novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It changes the setting from a nineteenth century German spa town to Buenos Aires and its vicinity in the mid-twentieth century. The film's sets were designed by the art director Juan Manuel Concado. It was Klimovsky's debut as a director.