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Chess in Concert

Chess in Concert
  • 2008
  • UK
  • 160 min
  • 12A
  • Directed by: Hugh Wooldridge

Spectacular musical from the writers of 'Mamma Mia!' filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2008. Set against the backdrop of a Cold War struggle between the United States and Soviet Union, 'Chess in Concert' centres on a romantic triangle between two chess players in a World Class Chess Championship, and the woman who manages one, and falls for the other.

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Chess in Concert

Chess in Concert
27 Aug 2009

Video footage of the Abba/Tim Rice musical

Filmed performance of the blokes from Abba and Tim Rice’s musical about the sex lives of chess players. (It’s actually slightly more complicated than that, but who cares really?) Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in 2008 with a full orchestra and chorus…

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