Rent The Chess Player (2017)
3.3 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 38min
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- Synopsis:
- In 1934 Diego Padilla (Marc Clotet) wins the Spanish Championship of Chess and meets a French journalist, Marianne Latour (Melina Matthews), 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 (Stefan Weinert)'s passion for chess.
- Actors:
- Marc Clotet, Melina Matthews, Alejo Sauras, Lionel Auguste, Stefan Weinert, Pau Durà, Mike Hoffmann, Maarten Dannenberg, Christian Stamm, Andrés Gertrúdix, Iris Vallés Torres, Blanca Zurdo, Juan Del Santo, Péter Geltz, Eric Bonicatto, Jaume Cervera, Virgil-Henry Mathet, Attila Bardóczy, Jacques Bouanich, Scott Alexander Young
- Directors:
- Luis Oliveros
- Producers:
- Juan Antonio Casado, Julio Castedo, Gerardo Herrero
- Writers:
- Julio Castedo, Stefan Zweig
- Aka:
- El jugador de ajedrez / The Chessplayer
- Studio:
- Screenbound Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Countries:
- Spain
