"An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman's spirit."
Anton Walbrook
as Capt. Herman Suvorin
Edith Evans
as The Old Countess Ranevskaya
Yvonne Mitchell
as Lizavetta Ivanova
Ronald Howard
as Andrei
Mary Jerrold
as Old Varvarushka
Anthony Dawson
as Fyodor
Miles Malleson
as Tchybukin
Michael Medwin
as Hovaisky
Athene Seyler
as Princess Ivashin
Ivor Barnard
as Bookseller
Aubrey Mallalieu
as Fedya
Maroussia Dimitrevitch
as Gypsy Singer
Violetta Elvin
as Gypsy Dancer
Pauline Tennant
as Young Countess Ranevskaya
Jacqueline Clarke
as Milliner's Assistant
Josef Ramart
as Countess's Lover
Valentine Dyall
as St. Germain's Messenger
Gordon Begg
as General Volcholnikov
Gibb McLaughlin
as Bird Seller
Drusilla Wills
as Countess's Old Servant
George Woodbridge
as Vassili
Pauline Jameson
as Anyutka
Hay Petrie
as Herman's Servant
Brown Derby
as The Countess's Footman
Geoffrey Dunn
as Hair Dresser
Thorold Dickinson
Director
Alexander Pushkin
Story
Rodney Ackland
Writer
Arthur Boys
Anatole de Grunwald
Producer
Oliver Messel
Costumer
Louis Levy
Music Director
Bob Clark
Makeup Artist
Hazel Wilkinson
Editor
Gus Drisse
Camera Operator
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Philip Stockford
Set Dresser
Val Stewart
John Gaudioso
Assistant Director
Betty Cross
Hairdresser
F. McNally
Sound Recordist
Frank Cross
Isobel Pargiter
Production Manager
Marjorie Owens
Continuity
William Kellner
Art Direction
David Paltenghi
Choreographer
Jack Clayton
Associate Producer
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer