Movie: Chess in Concert

Top 7 Billed Cast

Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Ulvaeus

Narrator

Judy Kuhn
Judy Kuhn

Florence

Murray Head
Murray Head

Freddie

Tommy Körberg
Tommy Körberg

Anatoly

Sissel Kyrkjebø
Sissel Kyrkjebø

Svetlana

Johan Schinkler
Johan Schinkler

Molokov

Anders Glenmark
Anders Glenmark

Arbiter

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    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. Concert production of the musical staged during the finals of the 1989 chess World Cup tournament in in Skellefteå, Sweden and broadcast on Swedish television.

  • Release Date

    1989-12-30

  • Average

    10

  • Rating:

    5.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    Englishsvenska
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