The Chessplayer
El jugador de ajedrez
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Marc Clotet
Diego Padilla
Melina Matthews
Marianne Latour
Alejo Sauras
Javier Sánchez
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Lionel Auguste
Pierre Boileau
Stefan Weinert
Coronel Maier
Pau Durà
Comandante Hernández
Mike Hoffmann
Sargento Kauffman
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Maarten Dannenberg
Cabo Reinke
Christian Stamm
Sargento Harnsberger (SS)
Andrés Gertrúdix
Pablo Mérida
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Alejandro Vivas
Composer
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Juan Carlos Gómez
Cinematographer
