Queen of Spades

Queen of Spades

Queen of Spades may refer to:
* alternate name of the card game Old Maid, in which that particular playing card plays an important role;
* "Queen of Spades", a song on "Pieces of Eight" (album) by Styx;
* Queen (playing card) in the spade suit;
* "The Queen of Spades" (story), a 1833 short story by Alexander Pushkin;
* works inspired by Pushkin's story:
** "Queen of Spades" / "Pique Dame", a score by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1937 film "La dame de pique";
** "The Queen of Spades" (1916 film), a Russian adaptation directed by Pyotr Chardynin;
** "The Queen of Spades" (1949 film); a well regarded film directed by Thorold Dickinson
** "The Queen of Spades" (1960 film), a Russian adaptation of Tchaikovsky's opera;
** "The Queen of Spades" (1982 film), a Russian adaptation directed by Igor Maslennikov;
** "The Queen of Spades" (opera), by Tchaikovsky;


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