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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.

2017 |1h 38m |  History, Drama

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Cast

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Marc Clotet

Diego Padilla

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Melina Matthews

Marianne Latour

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Alejo Sauras

Javier Sánchez

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Maarten Dannenberg

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Andrés Gertrúdix

Pablo Mérida

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Stefan Weinert

Colonel Maier

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Martin Angerbauer

Soldier Kuhn

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Status

Released

Language

Spanish

Budget

-

Revenue

$244,806.00