The Polish national chess squad, the 'Golden Team', won the world chess championship in Hamburg in 1930, and was renamed by the German press as the 'Bombenmannschaft' ('Bomber Crew'). The film focuses on team leader, Akiba Rubinstein, alongside his fellow players Dawid Przepiórka, Ksawery Tartakower, Mieczyslaw Najdorf, Paulin Frydman and Kazimierz Makarczyk. They battle to win the trophy as well as dealing with the mental illness of Rubinstein and the outbreak of World War II. The film tracks the fate of the Polish players, some of whom are Jewish, as the Nazis occupy Poland.
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Cast
30 people
Jan Wieczorkowski
Dawid Przepiórka
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Wojciech Mecwaldowski
Akiba Rubinstein
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Jacek Feliks Knap
Ksawery Tartakower
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Dariusz Pieróg
Paulin Frydman
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Maciej Miszczak
Kazimierz Makarczyk
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Mieczysław Najdorf
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Beata Fido
Żona Rubinsteina
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Anna Matysiak
Charlotta Haren
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Weronika Dzierżyńska
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Magdalena Maścianica
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Marek Bukowski Director · Maciej Dancewicz Screenplay Tomasz Ostrowski Editor
First release September 1, 2024 · Produced in Poland · Production Telewizja Polska
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Studio Besta
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Telewizja Polska
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Poland
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Original title
W szachu. Ostatnia rozgrywka
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · September 1, 2024
TV · TVP1
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
October 29, 2024 · Premiere · Jewish International Film Festival
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