Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004289, Sat, 24 Jul 1999 08:35:05 -0700

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Re: Skowlimowski's film and KING, QUEEN, KNAVE (fwd)
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> You're probably thinking of KING, QUEEN, KNAVE (1972), one of the least seen
> and most interesting of Nabokov adaptations. David Niven, Gina Lolobrigida,
> and John
> Moulder-Brown are the title characters. Polish-born director Jerzy
> Skowlimowski was responsible also for DEEP END (1970) and MOONLIGHTING (1982).

I wonder if the person who wrote this actually saw the movie. It is an atrociously
dated piece of cinematic barbarity that easily makes my top ten of worst movies
ever made.

Peter Kartsev
petr@glasnet.ru