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20171h 38mSpanish

The Chess Player

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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.

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DirectorLuis Oliveros

Keywords

chessnaziimprisonment
Box Office$245K

Cast

Marc Clotet as Diego Padilla

Marc Clotet

Diego Padilla

Melina Matthews as Marianne Latour

Melina Matthews

Marianne Latour

Alejo Sauras as Javier Sánchez

Alejo Sauras

Javier Sánchez

Maarten Dannenberg

Maarten Dannenberg

Andrés Gertrúdix as Pablo Mérida

Andrés Gertrúdix

Pablo Mérida

Lionel Auguste as Pierre Boileau

Lionel Auguste

Pierre Boileau

Stefan Weinert as Colonel Maier

Stefan Weinert

Colonel Maier

Martin Angerbauer as Soldier Kuhn

Martin Angerbauer

Soldier Kuhn