Chess in Concert

Movie·1989·1h 57m

Chess in Concert

Directed By

Anders Eljas

Country

Sweden

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Producer

Göran Zackari

Music

Benny Andersson

Themes

concertlove trianglecold warchess tournamentimpossible lovemusical theatersymphony orchestra

Production House

SVT
MCN Produktion
Skellefteå Kommun

Audience Score

100%

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Cast

Björn Ulvaeus

Björn Ulvaeus

Narrator

Judy Kuhn

Judy Kuhn

Florence

Murray Head

Murray Head

Freddie

Tommy Körberg

Tommy Körberg

Anatoly

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Svetlana

Johan Schinkler

Molokov

Anders Glenmark

Anders Glenmark

Arbiter

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Crew

Göran Zackari

Producer

Benny Andersson

Benny Andersson

Original Music Composer

Björn Ulvaeus

Björn Ulvaeus

Original Music Composer

Anders Eljas

Director

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