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The Gambler (1997)

The Gambler (1997)

Drama Romance

In the grip of obsession, reason is suspended.

Release Date: 1997, October 30
Directors: Károly Makk
Cast: William Houston, Patrick Godfrey, Michael Gambon, Lucy Davis, Dominic West, Polly Walker, Johan Leysen, Jodhi May, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, John Wood, Angeline Ball, Luise Rainer

Overview:

Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him to complete the novel reality and fiction become blurred; in this feverish atmosphere of excess Dostoyevsky's characters come to life as he struggles to complete his work.