A poker game where the final hand is murder. The stakes? Your sanity.
Sven Bergström is charged with murder, alternatively a man slaughter, on an infamous professional poker player called "The Rover". The trial is in progress. In retrospect, we witness Svens life until the time of the crime.
Acting
Stig Järrel's oily menace as The Spider
Direction
Bernhard's slippery timeline, guilt and memory colliding
Director
Gösta Bernhard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1951 Sweden's post-war austerity bleeds into every frame—gambling wasn't just vice, it was economic desperation dressed as hope.
The Rover's real name is never spoken aloud; he's pure myth until he's meat. The film treats professional gamblers like dead gods.
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