El jugador de ajedrez

About the film:

 

Director: Luis Oliveros

Writer: Julio Castedo (screenwriter)

Stars:  Marc Clotet

           Melina Matthews

           Alejo Sauras

Country: Spain

Language: Spanish | French | German

Release Date: 5 May 2017 (Spain)

Runtime: 98 min

Genres: Drama

 

 

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Storyline：

 

       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.