Movie: Chess

Top 10 Billed Cast

Helen Sjöholm
Helen Sjöholm

Florence

Tommy Körberg
Tommy Körberg

Anatoly

Josefin Nilsson
Josefin Nilsson

Svetlana

Anders Ekborg
Anders Ekborg

Freddie

Per Myrberg
Per Myrberg

Molokov

Rolf Skoglund
Rolf Skoglund

Domaren, Jean Jacques van Boren (The Arbiter)

Catharina Olsson
Catharina Olsson

Anna Petrovna, Svetlanas mor

Axel Larsson-Myrberg
Axel Larsson-Myrberg

Michail, Anatolijs och Svetlanas son

Andreas Konvicka
Andreas Konvicka

KGB-man Pasja

Johan Jern
Johan Jern

KGB-man Juri

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2003-11-12

  • Average

    8.2

  • Rating:

    4.1 starts
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    svenska
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