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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- Released
- Production
- Hernández y Fernández PC, Tornasol Media, Ishtar Films
Keywords
- chess
- nazi
- imprisonment
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Top Cast
Marc Clotet as Diego Padilla
Melina Matthews as Marianne Latour
Alejo Sauras as Javier Sánchez
Andrés Gertrúdix as Pablo Mérida
Lionel Auguste as Pierre Boileau
Stefan Weinert as Colonel Maier
Martin Angerbauer as Soldier Kuhn
Top Crew
Luis Oliveros · Director
Julio Castedo · Writer
Juan Carlos Gómez · Cinematographer
Teresa Font · Editor
Gerardo Herrero · Producer
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