| John Turturro | Alexander Luzhin |
| Emily Watson | Natalia |
| Geraldine James | Vera |
| Stuart Wilson | Valentinov |
| Christopher Thompson | Stassard |
| Fabio Sartor | Turati |
| Peter Blythe | Ilya |
| Orla Brady | Anna |
| Mark Tandy | Luzhin's Father |
| Kelly Hunter | Luzhin's Mother |
| Alexander Hunting | Young Luzhin |
To the dismay of her mother, an independent aristocrat falls in love with an eccentric chess champion in 1920s Italy.
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