The Chess Player(2017)

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.

Genre: History, Drama

Director: Luis Oliveros

Actors: Marc Clotet, Melina Matthews, Alejo Sauras, Lionel Auguste, Stefan Weinert, Pau Durà, Mike Hoffmann, Maarten Dannenberg, Christian Stamm, Andrés Gertrúdix

Release date: 2017-05-05

Country of origin: Spain

Length: 1h 38m

Ratings:

• 6.3/10