Synopsis
The first Swedish language stage version of Chess, starring Helen Sjöholm as Florence Vaszi, Josefin Nilsson as Svetlana Sergievskaja, Tommy Körberg as Anatolij Sergievskij, Anders Ekborg as Freddie Trumper and Per Myrberg as Alexander Molokov. The cast sing new lyrics in Swedish (written by Rudolfson, Jan Marks and Björn Ulvaeus) to tell a new version of the everchanging Chess story. A few new songs have been included (Chess continues to be a work in progress.) This version premiered in February 2002 at the Cirkus Theatre in Stockholm.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Lars RudolfssonDirector
- Björn UlvaeusOriginal Music Composer
- Benny AnderssonOriginal Music Composer
- Lars RudolfssonWriter
- Jan MarkWriter
- Björn UlvaeusWriter
Cast
- Helen SjöholmFlorence
- Tommy KörbergAnatoly
- Josefin NilssonSvetlana
- Anders EkborgFreddie
- Per MyrbergMolokov
- Rolf SkoglundDomaren, Jean Jacques van Boren (The Arbiter)
- Catharina OlssonAnna Petrovna, Svetlanas mor
- Axel Larsson-MyrbergMichail, Anatolijs och Svetlanas son
- Andreas KonvickaKGB-man Pasja
- Johan JernKGB-man Juri
- Jonna ErikssonFlorence 5 år
- Fatima EdellSekreterare
Stills
Themes
cold wardesertionmusicalstage showchess tournamentimpossible love