IMDb
6.3 /10
962 votes


History · Drama · 2017 · 1h 38min
El jugador de ajedrez
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.
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Tornasol MediaIshtar FilmsTHE CHESS PLAYER - Trailer with English subtitles
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IMDb
6.3 /10
962 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.3 /10
49 votes
Letterboxd
6.5 /10
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Weighted average
6.4/10







