The Gambler (1997 film)

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| director = Károly Makk

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| screenplay = Katharine Ogden
Charles Cohen
Nick Dear

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| producer = Charles Cohen
Frank Jansen
René Seegers
Berry van Zwieten
Marc Vlessing

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| cinematography = Jules van den Steenhoven

| editing = Kevin Whelan

| music = Brian Lock
Gerard Schurmann

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| language = English

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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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090129061134/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/546621 BFI.org]

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.