The Chessplayer (2017) on Netflix
Diego Padilla takes the Spanish chess championship in 1934 and meets Marianne Latour, a journalist from France. The two fall in love.
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Plot summary
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.
Cast
- Iris Vallés Torresas Margaux (3 años)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Chessplayer (2017)
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- Julio Castedo drew lightly on an episode in the life of Russian chess player Alexander Alekhine and his wife, chess player Grace Wishaar, who during World War II received more favorable treatment from the Germans in exchange for representing Germany in chess tournaments organized by the Third Reich.
