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The Luzhin Defence (2000)
Directed by Marleen Gorris
“Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.”
Romance, Drama · 1h 49m
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.
Cast
John Turturro
Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
Emily Watson
Natalia Katkov
Geraldine James
Vera, Natalia's Mother
Stuart Wilson
Valentionov
Fabio Sartor
Turati
Peter Blythe
Ilya
Orla Brady
Anna
Mark Tandy
Luzhin's Father
Kelly Hunter
Luzhin's Mother
Antonio Carli
Fascist
Christopher Thompson
Stassard
Alfredo Pea
1st Official
Crew
- Director
- Marleen Gorris
- Screenplay
- Peter Berry
- Novel
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Director of Photography
- Bernard Lutic
- Original Music Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Editor
- Michiel Reichwein
- Producer
- Péter Barbalics, Louis Becker, Stephen Evans, Philippe Guez, Leo Pescarolo, Eric Robison, Caroline Wood
Details
- Release date
- 2000-08-21
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Italian, English
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom, Hungary, Italy, United States of America
- Production
- France 2 Cinéma, ICE3, Lantia Cinema & Audiovisivi, Magic Media, Renaissance Films, Vulcan Productions
- Budget
- $1,864,747