Movie
The Luzhin Defence
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-08-21
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- France 2 Cinéma, ICE3, Lantia Cinema & Audiovisivi, Magic Media, Renaissance Films, Vulcan Productions
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, Hungary, Italy, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Turturro as Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
- Emily Watson as Natalia Katkov
- Geraldine James as Vera, Natalia's Mother
- Stuart Wilson as Valentionov
- Fabio Sartor as Turati
- Peter Blythe as Ilya
- Orla Brady as Anna
- Mark Tandy as Luzhin's Father
- Kelly Hunter as Luzhin's Mother
- Antonio Carli as Fascist
Crew
- Marleen Gorris - Director
- Peter Berry - Screenplay
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