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The Chess Player (2017)

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.

  • History
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Marc ClotetMarc ClotetDiego Padilla
  • Photo of Melina MatthewsMelina MatthewsMarianne Latour
  • Photo of Alejo SaurasAlejo SaurasJavier Sánchez
  • Photo of Maarten DannenbergMaarten Dannenberg
  • Photo of Andrés GertrúdixAndrés GertrúdixPablo Mérida
  • Photo of Lionel AugusteLionel AugustePierre Boileau
  • Photo of Stefan WeinertStefan WeinertColonel Maier
  • Photo of Martin AngerbauerMartin AngerbauerSoldier Kuhn

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