2017
6.4 (44 votes)
1h 38m
Genres
History
Drama
Production Companies
Hernández y Fernández PC
Tornasol Media
Ishtar Films
Tornasol Media
Ishtar Films
The Chess Player (El jugador de ajedrez)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Gerardo Herrero
Director: Luis Oliveros
Writer: Julio Castedo
Director of Photography: Juan Carlos Gómez
Top Cast
Marc Clotet
Diego Padilla
Melina Matthews
Marianne Latour
Alejo Sauras
Javier Sánchez
Maarten Dannenberg
Andrés Gertrúdix
Pablo Mérida
Lionel Auguste
Pierre Boileau
Stefan Weinert
Colonel Maier
Martin Angerbauer
Soldier Kuhn
Videos
THE CHESS PLAYER - Trailer with English subtitles
