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Chess in Concert(1989)
Status: Released
Date: 1989-12-30
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Time: 1h 57m
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.
Languages: English, Swedish.
Countries:
Sweden
ProductionCompanies: 
MCN Produktion
Skellefteå Kommun
Movie: Chess in Concert
Top 7 Billed Cast
Björn Ulvaeus
Narrator
Judy Kuhn
Florence
Murray Head
Freddie
Tommy Körberg
Anatoly
Sissel Kyrkjebø
Svetlana
Anders Glenmark
Arbiter
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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.
Release Date
1989-12-30
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