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Pawn Sacrifice

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Director

Edward Zwick

Year

Genre

biography, drama, history

Box Office

$2,436,633

Production

Gail Katz Productions,PalmStar Media

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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Bobby Fischer

Boris Spassky

Paul Marshall

Michael Stuhlbarg

Father Bill Lombardy

Peter Sarsgaard

Efim Geller

Edward Zinoviev

Iivo Nei

Alexandre Gorchkov

Joan Fischer

Regina Fischer

Teenage Bobby Fischer

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

Young Bobby Fischer

Young Joan Fischer

Sophie NÃ©lisse

Donna

Carmine Nigro

Ivanovich

Lothar Schmid

Russian Bookstore Owner

Bookstore Owner's Wife

Cyril (as Shawn Cambell)

Maria (as Kathryn Nolan)

Katie Bird Nolan

Motel Clerk

Businessman (Motel)

US ChargÃ© d'Affaire Tremblay

Tremblay's Aide

Jonathan Dubsky

Icelandic Journalist #1

Foreign Reporter #1 (French)

Yanick Bousquet

Foreign Reporter #2 (East Indian)

Shanmugasunder Chetty

Foreign Reporter #3 (Dutch)

Mohsen El Gharbi

ABC News Anchor

Andrew Peplowski

50's Reporter

Official (Soviet Accres.)

Russian Opponent (Bulgaria 1967)

Kissing Man

Party Guest #1 (Fischer Apt.)

Party Guest #2 (Fischer Apt.)

Rosa Ruby Kagan

Party Guest #3 (Fischer Apt.)

Referee - Santa Monica

Reporter #1 (Vancouver) (as Al Goulem)

Reporter #2 (Vancouver)

Reporter

Spiro Malandrakis

Bus Driver

Long Haired Hippy

Donald Byrne

Raphael Grosz-Harvey

Joan's Daughter

Alexandra Van Loon

Customer - Diner

JFK Airport Journalist (as Matt Keys)

KGB Guy

President Nixon

Arbiter - Bulgaria

BBC Anchor

Christopher de Courcy-Ireland

Woman Speaking Russian

Olga Martchenko

NBC Reporter

Marshall Heavy (as FranÃ§ois CÃ´te)

Joan's Husband

Bent Larsen

FranÃ§ois Ducharme

Reefer Man

President Brezhnev

Reporter

Stephen Walters

FBI Agent

Self (archive footage)

Uncle Paul

Andreas Apergis

Themselves (archive footage)

Russian Lady

Lesley Leichtweis Bernardi

Bobby Fischer Fan

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

John Chancellor

Spectator

Self (archive footage)

Chess Tournament Judge

Jean-FranÃ§ois Garceau

Spanish Reporter

Ignacio GarcÃa-Bustelo

Self (archive footage)

Russian Newscaster

Icelandic Policeman

SigurbjÃ¶rn GuÃ°mundsson

Prime Minister Johannesson

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

KGB Agent

Self (archive footage)

John Kennedy Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Caroline Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Jacqueline Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

German Reporter

Self (archive footage)

Limousine Driver

Serge Martineau

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Japanese Anchorman

Scorekeeper

Texan Trucker

Self (archive footage)

KGB Agent

News Anchorman

Self (archive footage)

Howard K. Smith

Henry Kissinger (voice)

AndrÃ© Sogliuzzo

Self (archive footage)

Dennis Staroselsky

Self (archive footage)

Press Conference

Nathaly Thibault

Bikini Babe

Natalija Ugrina

Self (archive footage)

Kissing Woman

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Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Edward Zwick

Writer: Steven Knight, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson

Production: Gail Katz Productions,PalmStar Media

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 2014

MetaScore: 65/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $2,436,633

Released: 25 Sep 2015

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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