John Turturro
Alexander Luzhin
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The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 romantic drama film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring John Turturro and Emily Watson. The film centres on a mentally tormented chess grandmaster and the young woman he meets while competing at a world-class tournament in Italy.
Sep 8, 2000 · A chess grand master falls in love with a society beauty in 1920s Italy, but his obsession with the game threatens his happiness. IMDb provides cast and crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more for this film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel.
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- Drama, Romance
- Marleen Gorris
- 2000-09-08
The Defense (also known as The Luzhin Defense; [1] [2] [3] Russian: Защита Лужина, Zashchita Luzhina) is the third novel written by Vladimir Nabokov after he had immigrated to Berlin. It was first published in Russian 1930 and later in English in 1964.
- Vladimir Nabokov
- 1930
Apr 20, 2001 · Set in the late 1920s, "The Luzhin Defence" tells the story of a shambling, unworldly chess Grand Master who arrives in the Italian Lakes to play the match of his life and unexpectedly finds...
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- Marleen Gorris
- PG-13
- John Turturro
May 4, 2001 · A movie adaptation of Nabokov's novella about a chess genius and his love interest in 1920s Italy. Roger Ebert praises the elegance and sadness of the film, but criticizes its lack of passion and conviction.
Vladimir Nabokov. 3.95. 13,924 ratings889 reviews. A chilling story of obsession and madness. Luzhin, a distracted, withdrawn boy, takes up chess as a refuge from everyday life. As he rises to the heights of grandmaster, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of reality as he moves inexorably towards madness.
Details. Set in 1929, this adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel of love and obsession stars John Turturro as Alexander Luzhin, a shambling and eccentric chess Grandmaster who arrives in a North Italian lakeside resort to play the match of his career.
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