The Chess Player

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 5, 2017

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Spain

Production

Tornasol Films,Hernández y Fernández PC,Ishtar Films,Tornasol Media

Cast

Stefan Weinert,Melina Matthews,Maarten Dannenberg,Andrés Gertrúdix,Martin Angerbauer,Alejo Sauras,Marc Clotet,Lionel Auguste

Director

Luis Oliveros

Writer

Julio Castedo

Producer

Gerardo Herrero

Cinematography

Juan Carlos Gómez

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

$244,806

IMDb

tt5732530