The Chess Player

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(42 votes)

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.

Country:

Spain

Genre:

History,

Drama

Duration:

98 minutes

Year:

2017

Director:

Luis Oliveros

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Company:

Hernández y Fernández PC,

Tornasol Films,

Ishtar Films

Cast:
Marc Clotet

Diego Padilla

Melina Matthews

Marianne Latour

Alejo Sauras

Javier Sánchez

Maarten Dannenberg

Andrés Gertrúdix

Pablo Mérida

Crew:
Luis Oliveros

Director

Julio Castedo

Writer

Alejandro Vivas

Music

Teresa Font

Editor

Juan Carlos Gómez

Director of Photography