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.

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Cast

Marc Clotet
Marc Clotet
Diego Padilla
Melina Matthews
Melina Matthews
Marianne Latour
Alejo Sauras
Alejo Sauras
Javier Sánchez
Maarten Dannenberg
Maarten Dannenberg
Andrés Gertrúdix
Andrés Gertrúdix
Pablo Mérida
Lionel Auguste
Pierre Boileau
Stefan Weinert
Stefan Weinert
Colonel Maier
Martin Angerbauer
Martin Angerbauer
Soldier Kuhn

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