Chess in Concert (1989)

  • NR
  • 12/30/1989 (SE)
  • Music
  • 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.

Anders Eljas

Director

Cast

Björn Ulvaeus's headshot

Björn Ulvaeus

Narrator
Judy Kuhn's headshot

Judy Kuhn

Florence
Murray Head's headshot

Murray Head

Freddie
Tommy Körberg's headshot

Tommy Körberg

Anatoly
Sissel Kyrkjebø's headshot

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Svetlana
Johan Schinkler's headshot

Johan Schinkler

Molokov
Anders Glenmark's headshot

Anders Glenmark

Arbiter

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