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Plot summary. Themes, foreshadowings. The game of fate. Authorial presences. References. External links. King, Queen, Knave is the second novel written by Vladimir Nabokov (under his pen name V. Sirin) while living in Berlin and sojourning at resorts in the Baltic.
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
- 1928
With David Niven, Gina Lollobrigida, John Moulder-Brown, Mario Adorf. Adopted by his rich uncle from Germany, British teenager Frank falls in-love with his uncle's Italian wife Martha, and has conflicting feelings when she suggests he should kill his uncle in order to have her and the family fortune.
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- Comedy
- Jerzy Skolimowski
- 1977-02
King, Queen, Knave is a 1972 West German comedy film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Plot [ edit ] Adopted by his rich Uncle Charles and taken to Germany on the death of his parents, the inept British teenager Frank is introduced to the free-wheeling 1970s European lifestyle and ...
Vladimir Nabokov, Dmitri Nabokov (Translator) 3.81. 5,555 ratings418 reviews. 'Of all my novels this bright brute is the gayest', Nabokov wrote of King, Queen, Knave. Comic, sensual and cerebral, it dramatizes an Oedipal love triangle, a tragi-comedy of husband, wife and lover, through Dreyer the rich businessman, his ripe-lipped ad mercenary ...
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King, Queen, Knave. 1972. Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Based on a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, this English-language satirical drama details the experiences of Frank (John Moulder Brown), a young orphan who finds himself deep in the romantic clutches of his uncle’s sensual wife.
- Jerzy Skolimowski
- Wolper Productions, Bavaria Film, Maran Film
Año: 1972. Sinopsis: Adoptado por su tío rico de Alemania, el adolescente británico Frank se enamora de la esposa italiana de su tío, Martha, y tiene sentimientos encontrados cuando ella le sugiere que debería matar a su ... - Cine.com.
King, Queen, Knave, novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in Russian in 1928 as Korol, dama, valet. With this novel Nabokov began his career-long obsession with gamesmanship, wordplay in several languages, and multiple surreal images and characterizations.
