The Luzhin Defence

Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.

• Marleen GorrisDirector
• Peter BerryScreenplay
• Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer

• John TurturroAleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
• Emily WatsonNatalia Katkov
• Geraldine JamesVera, Natalia's Mother
• Stuart WilsonValentionov
• Fabio SartorTurati
• Peter BlytheIlya
• Orla BradyAnna
• Mark TandyLuzhin's Father
• Kelly HunterLuzhin's Mother
• Antonio CarliFascist