The Chess Player
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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.
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Marc Clotet
Diego Padilla
Known for
Física o química
City of Shadows
Melina Matthews
Marianne Latour
Known for
Mama
The Plague
Alejo Sauras
Javier Sánchez
Known for
Express
Fermat's Room
Maarten Dannenberg
Known for
The English
Avenue 5
Andrés Gertrúdix
Pablo Mérida
Known for
The Orphanage
Below Zero
Lionel Auguste
Pierre Boileau
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Stefan Weinert
Colonel Maier
Known for
Jaguar
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Martin Angerbauer
Soldier Kuhn
Known for
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Luis Oliveros Director · Julio Castedo Writer Juan Carlos Gómez Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $245K · First release March 24, 2017 · Produced in Spain
Box office
Worldwide gross
$244,806
Production
Hernández y Fernández PC
Production
Tornasol Media
Production
Ishtar Films
Production
Hernández y Fernández Producciones Cinematográficas
Production
Tornasol Films
Production
Spain
Produced in
Languages
Original title
El jugador de ajedrez
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Spain · March 24, 2017
Premiere · Málaga Film Festival
Spain · May 5, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
India
November 11, 2017 · Premiere · Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
Italy
January 25, 2021 · TV
Poland
June 17, 2020 · Digital
Taiwan
January 5, 2018 · Theatrical
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