Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
PL
Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release:
November 2019
Production:
Watchout Studio, Next Film, Canal+, Big City Outdoor, The Story Lab, Poręczenia Kredytowe, Kosafilm, Galeria Olśnienia Go, TVN Film
Cast:
Bill Pullman, Lotte Verbeek, James Bloor, Robert Więckiewicz, Aleksey Serebryakov, Corey Johnson, Nicholas Farrell, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Cezary Kosiński, Aleksandr Lobanov, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Magdalena Boczarska, Andy Beckwith, John Benfield, Ludwik Borkowski, Małgorzata Klara, Ksawery Szlenkier, Marcin Juchniewicz, Maurycy Łyczko, Jonathan L. Ramsey
Tags:
chess, cold war, affectation, macabre, cuban missile crisis, 1960s, warsaw, poland, math genius, ironic, malicious, vindictive, clinical, dramatic, critical, egotistical, antagonistic, apologetic, appreciative, audacious, awestruck, cliché, conceited, cruel
