Gambler
Art imitates life in this brilliant psychological study of a compulsive gambler, modeled on Dostoevsky''s own tendencies. Like so many characters in Dostoevsky''s novels, Alexei, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general, is trying to break through the wall of the established order and the human condition itself, but instead he is drawn into the vortex of the roulette ...
Art imitates life in this brilliant psychological study of a compulsive gambler, modeled on Dostoevsky''s own tendencies. Like so many characters in Dostoevsky''s novels, Alexei, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general, is trying to break through the wall of the established order and the human condition itself, but instead he is drawn into the vortex of the roulette ...
