The Gamblers

About the show

In a Russian provincial inn, card sharp Icharjev meets three other gamblers. They decide to cheat the elderly estate owner Michail Glov through his son Alexander, who signs a bill for 200,000 rubles. The others pass the bill to Icharjev, take his cash, and leave on a pretext. Alexander then reveals that they were a gang of card sharps who have cheated Icharjev.