Chess in Concert (1989)

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.

Cast (7)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Björn Ulvaeus

Narrator

Judy Kuhn

Florence

Murray Head

Freddie

Tommy Körberg

Anatoly

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Svetlana

J

Johan Schinkler

Molokov

Anders Glenmark

Arbiter

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