Chess in Concert

Name: Chess in Concert
Director: Anders Eljas
Genre: Music
Released: 1989-12-30
Duration: 117 min
Cast: Björn Ulvaeus, Judy Kuhn, Murray Head, Tommy Körberg, Sissel Kyrkjebø

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1989 · 117 min · Music · TMDB 10.0/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Anders Eljas

Cast

Björn Ulvaeus — Narrator
Judy Kuhn — Florence
Murray Head — Freddie
Tommy Körberg — Anatoly
Sissel Kyrkjebø — Svetlana