The Luzhin Defence (2000)
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.
- Released
- 2000-08-21
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Marleen Gorris, Peter Berry
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 50 votes
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
- Christopher Thompson as Stassard
- Alfredo Pea as 1st Official
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