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The Chessplayer

5.8

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Original title

El jugador de ajedrez

Year

2017

Running time

98 min.

Country

Spain

Director

Luis Oliveros

Screenwriter

Julio Castedo

Cast

Music

Alejandro Vivas Puig

Cinematography

Juan Carlos Gómez

Producer

Ishtar Films, Tornasol Films, Hernández y Fernández P.C

Genre

Drama | 1930s. II World War. Chess. Nazism. Prison Drama. Family Relationships

Synopsis

In 1934 Diego Padilla wins the Spanish Championship of Chess and meets a French journalist, Marianne Latour, and they fall in love. At the end of the Civil War, Marianne convinces Diego to live in France with their daughter, where shortly afterwards Diego will be accused of spying by the Nazis and imprisoned in an SS prison. In prison, Diego will try to survive in a hostile environment thanks to Colonel Maier's passion for chess.

Awards: 2017: Málaga Film Festival: Official Selection

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The Chessplayer

2017

Luis Oliveros

5.8

(1,973)