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Chess in Concert(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-06-17
68%
6 Votes
Time: 2h 22m
Overview:
The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Chess in Concert
Top 8 Billed Cast
Josh Groban
Anatoly Sergievsky
Idina Menzel
Florence Vassy
Adam Pascal
Frederic Trumper
David Bedella
Alexander Molokov
Kerry Ellis
Svetlana Sergievsky
Clarke Peters
Walter de Courcy
Marti Pellow
The Arbiter
Tim Rice
Host
Video Trailer Chess in Concert
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