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Dominican Rep. The Chessplayer
- Original title
- El jugador de ajedrez
- Year
- 2017
- Running time
- 98 min.
- Country
Spain- Director
- Screenwriter
- Julio Castedo. Novel: Stefan Zweig
- Cast
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Marc Clotet
Melina Matthews
Alejo Sauras
Stefan Weinert- Mike Hoffmann
Andrés Gertrúdix
Pau Durà- Lionel Auguste
Maarten Dannenberg- Christian Stamm
- Juan Del Santo
- Blanca Zurdo
- Karlos Klaumannsmoller
Scott Alexander Young- Martin Angerbauer
- Jaume Cervera
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | 1930s. II World War. Chess. Nazism. Prison Drama. Family Relationships
- Synopsis
- 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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- Awards
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2017: Málaga Film Festival: Official Selection
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