Film
The Luzhin Defence
2000 · 1h 49m · Romance · Drama
Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.
- IMDb
- 6.8
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 58%
- Metacritic
- 64
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Overview
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.
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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
Crew
- Marleen GorrisDirector
- Peter BerryScreenplay
- Vladimir NabokovNovel
- Péter BarbalicsProducer
- Louis BeckerProducer
- Stephen EvansProducer
- Philippe GuezProducer
- Leo PescaroloProducer
- Eric RobisonProducer
- Caroline WoodProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 21, 2000
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rated
- U
- Budget
- $1,864,747
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
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