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.
About The Chess Player (2017)
Released in 2017, The Chess Player is a history and drama film from Hernández y Fernández PC (Spain). It was directed by Luis Oliveros and written by Julio Castedo. The cast is led by Marc Clotet, Melina Matthews, Alejo Sauras, Maarten Dannenberg and Andrés Gertrúdix. With a runtime of 1h 38m, the film averages 6.3/10 across 49 TMDB ratings.
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