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The Chessplayer

Title
The Chessplayer (2024)
The Chessplayer
Year
2024
Catalog
Genre
IMDB
Rating
6.5 from 10 with total 42 votes
Premiere
2017-05-05
Runtime
98 minutes
Description
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.
Cast

Marc Clotet character Diego Padilla

Melina Matthews character Marianne Latour

Alejo Sauras character Javier Sánchez

Andrés Gertrúdix character Pablo Mérida

Lionel Auguste character Pierre Boileau

Stefan Weinert character Colonel Maier

Martin Angerbauer character Soldier Kuhn