Due to the scandal over Baarová's affair with Joseph Goebbels, followed by her return to Czechoslovakia, the film was withdrawn from cinemas three days after its release.
[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Heinrich Weidemann.
A separate French-language version Le Joueur (1938) was also released, with Pierre Blanchar and Viviane Romance.
Young Russian Nina is staying with her father, retired General Kirileff, in the German spa town of Hohenburg.
Her father has gambled away his fortune at the roulette table and is now borrowing more money from the supposed Baron Vincent at exorbitant interest.
When Vincent presses for the debt to be paid, Kirileff, in his distress, claims that he knows for sure that Nina's grandmother is dying.
She loses a large amount of money gambling, but knows when to stop and soon travels back to Russia.
He makes Alexei promise not to play anymore and gives him money to pay for his return to Russia.