The Card Player(Movie, 2004)

Name: The Card Player
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2004
Duration: T01:43:00
Rating: 2.2

Original title: "Il cartaio" (Italian/IT)

1h 43min | Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: 2.2/5 (with 95 votes)

The Card Player (Italian: Il cartaio) is a 2004 giallo film directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Stefania Rocca and Liam Cunningham and is Argento's second giallo feature of the decade (following Sleepless). The film features a brief role by Fiore Argento, the director's eldest daughter. She had previously appeared in her father's films Phenomena and Demons. ()

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About The Card Player

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

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Trailer for The Card Player + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Card Player - Bande Annonce (2004)(Trailer, 2:04)

Additional Information

Production country: Italy

Plays in: Rome

Made by: Medusa Film, Opera Film (II)

Original language: Italian (IT)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Italian (IT)

Translated into 12 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 03/19/2004 (World premiere: 01/02/2004)

Cast: Liam Cunningham, Stefania Rocca, Silvio Muccino, Claudio Santamaria, Adalberto Maria Merli, Fiore Argento, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Pier Maria Cecchini, Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini, Cosimo Fusco, Giovanni Visentin, Conchita Puglisi, Micaela Pignatelli, Luis Molteni, Mario Opinato, Gualtiero Scola, Robert Madison, Vera Gemma, Antonio Cantafora

Director: Dario Argento

Producer: Dario Argento, Claudio Argento

Screenwriter: Franco Ferrini, Dario Argento

Executive Producer: Claudio Argento

Film Editor: Walter Fasano

Director of Photography: Benoît Debie

Composer: Claudio Simonetti

Production Designer: Marina Pinzuti

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"The Cardplayer"

"Jogador Misterioso"

"The Card Player - Tödliche Pokerspiele"

"El jugador"

"Card Player"

"Deathsite"

"카드 플레이어"

"El amo del juego"

"O Mestre do Jogo"

Keywords: card playing, police, whodunit, italian, slasher, video poker, serial killer

Budget: 2,600,000 USD

Revenue: 3,368,452 USD (= 130%)

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