Shattered Games

Shattered Games

2024
59m
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Overview

The Polish national chess squad, the 'Golden Team', won the world chess championship in Hamburg in 1930, and was renamed by the German press as the 'Bombenmannschaft' ('Bomber Crew'). The film focuses on team leader, Akiba Rubinstein, alongside his fellow players Dawid Przepiórka, Ksawery Tartakower, Mieczyslaw Najdorf, Paulin Frydman and Kazimierz Makarczyk. They battle to win the trophy as well as dealing with the mental illness of Rubinstein and the outbreak of World War II. The film tracks the fate of the Polish players, some of whom are Jewish, as the Nazis occupy Poland.

Status: Released

Language: PL

Production Information

Production Companies
Studio Besta Telewizja Polska
Production Countries
Poland
Spoken Languages
Polish

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title W szachu. Ostatnia rozgrywka
Release Date October 29, 2024
Status Released
Language PL

Cast

Jan Wieczorkowski
Jan Wieczorkowski

Dawid Przepiórka

Wojciech Mecwaldowski
Wojciech Mecwaldowski

Akiba Rubinstein

Jacek Feliks Knap
Jacek Feliks Knap

Ksawery Tartakower

Dariusz Pieróg
Dariusz Pieróg

Paulin Frydman

Maciej Miszczak
Maciej Miszczak

Kazimierz Makarczyk

Jędrzej Hycnar
Jędrzej Hycnar

Mieczysław Najdorf

Beata Fido
Beata Fido

Żona Rubinsteina

Anna Matysiak
Anna Matysiak

Charlotta Haren

Weronika Dzierżyńska
Weronika Dzierżyńska

Gienia

Magdalena Maścianica
Magdalena Maścianica

Kelnerka Zosia

Beata Wnęk-Malec
Beata Wnęk-Malec

Służąca Salcia

Antoni Gogółka
Antoni Gogółka

Chłopiec widmo

Key Crew

Maciej Dancewicz
Screenplay
Marek Bukowski
Director