Movie · Drama · War & Military

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.

2017 · 1h 38m
Director Luis Olvieros

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The Chessplayer

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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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Studio
Somos Next
Released
2017
Run Time
1 hr 38 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
Spain
© 2016 ISHTAR FILMS S.L., HERNÁDEZ Y FERNÁNDEZ PRODUCCIONES CINEMATOGRÁFICAS S.L., TORNASOL FILMS, S.A., GOMERA PRODUCCIONES A.I.E.

Languages

Original Audio
English (United States), Spanish (Spain), Spanish
Audio

Spanish (Spain) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (SDH), Spanish (Spain) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.