The Luzhin Defence (2001)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 48 mins | Drama, Romance, Period, Adaptation | Released: 4/20/2001 |Box Office Total: $1.0M

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Synopsis:

Set in the late 1920s, Luzhin is a shambling, unworldly chess Grand Master who arrives in the Italian Lakes to play the match of his life and unexpectedly finds the love of his life. Discovering his prodigious talent in boyhood overshadowed by his parents' failing marriage, Luzhin's lyrical passion for chess has become his refuge and rendered the real world a phantom. Already matched up by her family to the very suitable Comte de Stassard, when Natalia meets Luzhin she is drawn to the erratic genius and offers him a glimpse outside of his chess obsession. But it is a world he is not equipped to deal with, and his two worlds collide to tragic effect.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
4/20/2001

Director	Credit
Marleen Gorris	Director
Cast	Credit
John Turturro	Alexander Luzhin
Emily Watson	Natalia
Geraldine James	Vera
Stuart Wilson	Valentinov
Christopher Thompson	Comte Jean de Stassard
Fabio Sartor	Turati
Peter Blythe	Ilya
Orla Brady	Anna
Mark Tandy	Luzhin's Father
Kelly Hunter	Luzhin's Mother
Alexander Hunting	Young Luzhin
Alfredo Pea	1st Official
Fabio Pasquini	2nd Official
Luigi Petrucci	Santucci
Carlo Greco	Hotel Manager
Massimo Sarchielli	Tailor
Luca Foggiano	Fascist
Antonio Carli	Fascist
David Ambrosi	Fascist
Production Credits	Credit
Leo Pescarolo	Co-Producer
Jody Patton	Executive Producer
Stephen Evans	Producer
Eric Robison	Co-Producer
Louis Becker	Producer
Caroline Wood	Producer
Philippe Guez	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Renaissance Films	Production Company
TF-1	Production Company
France 2 Cinéma	Production Company
Ice3	Production Company
Clear Blue Sky Productions	Production Company
Union Generale	Production Company
Magic Media	Production Company
France 3 Cinéma	Production Company
Lantia Cinema & Audiovisivi	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
SPC	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
UFD	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Lake Como, Italy
Bergamo, Italy
Budapest, Hungary
Writer	Credit
Peter Berry	Screenplay
Vladimir Nabokov	Source Material
Vladimir Nabokov	Source Material (from novel)
Art Department	Credit
Dominic Smithers	Set Decorator
Tony Burrough	Production Designer
John Hill	Art Director
Sara-Jane Cornish	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Celestia Fox	Casting Director
Film Camera	Credit
Bernard Lutic	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Renaissance Films	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Alexandre Desplat	Music Conductor
Alexandre Desplat	Orchestrations
Alexandre Desplat	Music
Production Management	Credit
Rosanna Roditi	Unit Production Manager
Nathalie Tanner	Production Coordinator
Andrew Warren	Line Producer
Tommy Gormley	Assistant Director
Lazlo Sipos	Unit Production Manager
Publicity	Credit
Charles McDonald	Publicity
Claudia Kalndjian	Publicity
Sound	Credit
Peter Glossop	Sound
Craig Irving	Sound
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Jany Temime	Costume Designer
Roseann Samuel	Hairdresser - make-up and hair designer

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