Shattered Games (2024)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2024-10-29
Runtime: 59 minutes
Director: Marek Bukowski
Top Cast
- Jan Wieczorkowski as Dawid Przepiórka
- Wojciech Mecwaldowski as Akiba Rubinstein
- Jacek Feliks Knap as Ksawery Tartakower
- Dariusz Pieróg as Paulin Frydman
- Maciej Miszczak as Kazimierz Makarczyk
- Jędrzej Hycnar as Mieczysław Najdorf
- Beata Fido as Żona Rubinsteina
- Anna Matysiak as Charlotta Haren
- Weronika Dzierżyńska as Gienia
- Magdalena Maścianica as Kelnerka Zosia
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