Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.
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.
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Cast
- John TurturroAleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
- Emily WatsonNatalia Katkov
- Geraldine JamesVera, Natalia's Mother
- Stuart WilsonValentionov
- Fabio SartorTurati
- Peter BlytheIlya
- Orla BradyAnna
- Mark TandyLuzhin's Father
- Kelly HunterLuzhin's Mother
- Antonio CarliFascist
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- Marleen GorrisDirector
- Peter BerryScreenplay
- Vladimir NabokovNovel
- Bernard LuticDirector of Photography
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
- Michiel ReichweinEditor
- Péter BarbalicsProducer
- Louis BeckerProducer
- Stephen EvansProducer
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