The Chessplayer

IMDb link: 5732530
IMDb rating: 6.3 (960 votes)
Genres: Drama, War, History
Director: Luis Oliveros
Cast: Alejo Sauras, Melina Matthews, Marc Clotet, Lionel Auguste and others

Release date: 5 May 2017
Release year: 2017
Runtime: 98 minutes
Country: Spain
Keywords: male frontal nudity, male nudity, male full frontal nudity, bare chested male, interrogation, incarceration, male rear nudity

Plot:

In 1934 Diego Padilla wins the Spanish Championship of Chess and meets Marianne Latour, a French journalist, and they fall in love. At the end of the civil war, Marianne convinces Diego to live in France with her and their daughter, where shortly afterwards Diego will be accused of spying by the Germans 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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