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May 5, 2017 · The Chessplayer: Directed by Luis Oliveros. With Marc Clotet, Melina Matthews, Alejo Sauras, Lionel Auguste. Leaping from Spain's civil war to German occupied France, this period drama follows a chess master who is falsely accused of being a spy and sent to an SS prison in Paris.
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- Drama, History, War
- Luis Oliveros
- 2017-05-05
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In the 1930s, a chess champion from Spain moves to Paris with his wife to avoid the violent civil war. Shortly after arriving, he is arrested, accused of being a spy, and sent to a prison run by...
- Drama
- Marc Clotet
- Luis Oliveros
The Chess Player (French: Le Joueur d'échecs) is a 1927 French silent film directed by Raymond Bernard and based on a novel by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel. It is a historical drama set in the late 18th century during the Russian domination of Polish Lithuania, and elements of the plot are drawn from the story of the chess-playing automaton known as The ...
In prison, Diego will try to survive in a hostile environment thanks to Colonel Maier's passion for chess. In 1934 Diego Padilla wins the Spanish Championship of Chess and meets a French journalist, Marianne Latour, and they fall in love.
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Mar 8, 2020 · Our beloved game of chess has had many legends, world champions, challengers, world-class players, and grandmasters. The games of these masters delight, inspire, and teach us the ways of the royal game.
