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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
King, Queen, Knave: Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. 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 ...
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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.
Three playing cards: King, Queen, Knave – a man, his wife and her lover – it’s a classical love triangle… The queen keeps her great expectations… With a vague resentment, she recalled that her sister had already had at least four or five lovers in succession, and that Willy Wald’s young wife had had two simultaneously.
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Jul 30, 2023 · As an early divergence from modernism, and as an inspired parody of genre fiction, King, Queen, Knave forecasts the great English-language novels of Nabokov’s maturity: Lolita (1955), Pale Fire (1962), and Ada (1969). Nabokov wrote in Russian until 1940.
Feb 16, 2011 · A love triangle, where two of the members attempt to murder the third. • King, Queen, Knave, like all Nabokov’s writing, bears the unmistakable stamp of his genius – brilliant, erotic,...
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.
