Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes58%
Metacritic64/100
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Marleen GorrisDirector
- Peter BerryScreenplay
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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
- Christopher ThompsonStassard
- Alfredo Pea1st Official
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Themes
chessbased on novel or bookitalychess tournamentwoman director1920s