The Luzhin defence / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Renaissance Films in association with Clear Blue Sky Productions presents a Renaissance & Ice 3 production in association with Lantia Cinema e Audiovisivi, Magic Media & France 2 Cinéma, a Marleen Gorris film ; producers, Caroline Wood, Stephen Evans, Louis Becker [and others] ; screenplay writer, Peter Berry ; director, Marleen Gorris.

An eccentric chess master, whose unstable childhood rendered him incapable of relating well with others, finds that chess is his only escape and solace. At an Italian resort, where he is favored to win a prestigious chess championship, he meets and falls in love with a caring woman. When a former me...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Luzhin defence (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Desplat, Alexandre (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Renaissance Films (Firm)
Clear Blue Sky Productions
ICE3 (Firm)
Lantia Cinema e Audiovisivi (Firm)
Magic Media (Firm)
France 2 cinéma (Firm)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Wood, Caroline, 1953- (Producer)
Evans, Stephen, 1946- (Producer)
Becker, Louis (Producer)
Berry, Peter (Screenwriter)
Gorris, Marleen, 1948- (Director)
Turturro, John, 1957- (Actor)
Watson, Emily, 1967- (Actor)
James, Geraldine, 1950- (Actor)
Wilson, Stuart, 1946- (Actor)
Thompson, Christopher, 1969- (Actor)
Sartor, Fabio, 1954- (Actor)
Hunting, Alexander (Actor)
Lutic, Bernard, 1943-2000 (Cinematographer)
Reichwein, Michiel (Film editor)
Temime, Jany (Costume designer)
Burrough, Tony (Designer)
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2001], ©2000.
Edition:Widescreen version.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Genre:
Physical Description:1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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