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The Chess Player
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.
Where to watch The Chess Player
The Chess Player is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home.
Cast
- Marc Clotet as Diego Padilla
- Melina Matthews as Marianne Latour
- Alejo Sauras as Javier Sánchez
- Maarten Dannenberg
- Andrés Gertrúdix as Pablo Mérida
- Lionel Auguste as Pierre Boileau
- Stefan Weinert as Colonel Maier
- Martin Angerbauer as Soldier Kuhn
Details
- Director
- Luis Oliveros
- Released
- May 5, 2017
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Studio
- Hernández y Fernández PC, Tornasol Media and Ishtar Films
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.3 / 10 from 49 votes
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