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The Luzhin Defence

"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."

Cast

1241

John Turturro

as Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
1639

Emily Watson

as Natalia Katkov
11855

Geraldine James

as Vera, Natalia's Mother
14344

Stuart Wilson

as Valentionov
8777

Fabio Sartor

as Turati
26703

Peter Blythe

as Ilya
107734

Orla Brady

as Anna
95259

Mark Tandy

as Luzhin's Father
192940

Kelly Hunter

as Luzhin's Mother
2079333

Antonio Carli

as Fascist

Crew

13496

Marleen Gorris

Director
12007

Vladimir Nabokov

Writer
209883

Peter Berry

Screenplay
24846

Bernard Lutic

Director of Photography
13505

Michiel Reichwein

Editor
2626

Tony Burrough

Production Design
2949

Alexandre Desplat

Original Music Composer
11227

Jany Temime

Costume Design
1265219

Jody Allen

Executive Producer
1822731

Péter Barbalics

Producer
37634

Louis Becker

Producer
39992

Stephen Evans

Producer
77129

Philippe Guez

Producer
50630

Leo Pescarolo

Producer
66912

Eric Robison

Producer
58326

Caroline Wood

Producer
970

Celestia Fox

Casting
1784597

Elaine Browne

Makeup Artist
1443028

Lesley Noble

Makeup Artist
2607453

Allison Sing

Makeup Artist
117242

Ruth Sullivan

Foley Artist
1178419

Adriana Sabbatini

Casting
1360697

David Ambrosi

Stunt Coordinator
1571109

Zsuzsanna Borvendég

Art Direction
20875

Leo Tolstoy

Original Film Writer