The Chessplayer
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.
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Edited by Teresa FontShot by Juan Carlos GomezScored by Alejandro VivasDesigned by Monika Esztan
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- Il giocatore di scacchiit
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20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Marc Clotet
as Diego Padilla
Melina Matthews
as Marianne Latour
Alejo Sauras
as Javier Sánchez
Lionel Auguste
as Pierre Boileau
Stefan Weinert
as Coronel Maier
Pau Dura
as Comandante Hernández
Mike Hoffmann
as Sargento Kauffman
Maarten Dannenberg
as Cabo Reinke
Christian Stamm
as Sargento Harnsberger (SS)
Andres Gertrudix
as Pablo Mérida
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