Chess in Concert 1989

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The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Concert production of the musical staged during the finals of the 1989 chess World Cup tournament in in Skellefteå, Sweden and broadcast on Swedish television.

Release Date 1989-12-30
Runtime 1h 57m
Directors Anders Eljas, Claes af Geijerstam, Helene Bergsten, Ann-Sofie Börjesson, Peter Cottino, Jan-Thomas Ölund, Arne von Ahn
Producers Göran Zackari, Ronny Cohen
Writers Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice