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Overview
Matthieu Carriere, who once starred in German director Volkor Schlondorff's breakthrough film Young Torless, turns director himself for Fool's Mate. Michael Marwitz plays a once-famous concert pianist and chess whiz. He compromises his talents by casting his lot with a group of self-destructive druggies and gamblers. Marwitz' new circle of friends effectively ruins his marriage to Victoria Tennant, an English architect. Fool's Mate makes no effort to cheer up its audience, but this sort of fare apparently is what the European film-festival circuit thrives on.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 31, 1989
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Cast
- Anatoli Karpov,Harry Baer,Stuart Wilson,Mathieu Carrière,Peter Sattmann,Mareike Carrière,Michael Marwitz,Victoria Tennant
- Director
- Mathieu Carrière
- Writer
- Mathieu Carrière
- Producer
- Joachim von Vietinghoff
- Cinematography
- Rolf Liccini
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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