The Chessplayer
2017·Spain·98 min.
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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.
DirectorLuis Oliveros
ScreenwriterJulio Castedo
MusicAlejandro Vivas Puig
CinematographyJuan Carlos Gómez
CastMarc Clotet·Melina Matthews·Alejo Sauras·Stefan Weinert·Mike Hoffmann·Andrés Gertrudix·Pau Durà·Lionel Auguste·Maarten Dannenberg·Christian Stamm·Juan Del Santo·Blanca Zurdo·Karlos Klaumannsmoller·Scott Alexander Young·Martin Angerbauer·Jaume CerveraShow all
Original titleEl jugador de ajedrez