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Pawn Sacrifice
2014 · Released · 115 min · United States · English, Russian
Pawn Sacrifice is a 2014 American biographical psychological drama film about Bobby Fischer, a chess grandmaster and the eleventh world champion. It follows Fischer's challenge against top Soviet chess grandmasters during the Cold War and culminating in the World Chess Championship 1972 match versus Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was directed by Edward Zwick and written by Steven Knight, and stars Tobey Maguire as Fischer, Liev Schreiber as Spassky, Lily Rabe as Joan Fischer, and Peter Sarsgaard as William Lombardy. It was released in the United States on September 16, 2015.
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- Deutsch
- Bauernopfer – Spiel der Könige
- Français
- Le Prodige
- Italiano
- La grande partita
- 日本語
- 完全なるチェックメイト
- 한국어
- 폰 새크리파이스
- Polski
- Pionek
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