The Chess Player

The Chess Player

Release Date: 2017-05-05

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.

Rating: 6.3 / 10

Cast

Marc Clotet

Marc Clotet

as Diego Padilla

Melina Matthews

Melina Matthews

as Marianne Latour

Alejo Sauras

Alejo Sauras

as Javier Sánchez

Andrés Gertrúdix

Andrés Gertrúdix

as Pablo Mérida

Crew

  • Gerardo Herrero - Producer

  • Luis Oliveros - Director

  • Julio Castedo - Writer

  • Teresa Font - Editor

  • Alejandro Vivas - Music

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