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Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice2015

★6.7115 minThrillerDrama

During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Director

Writer

Stephen J. Rivele Christopher Wilkinson Steven Knight

Score

James Newton Howard

Stars

Tobey Maguire Peter Sarsgaard Liev Schreiber

Cast66

Tobey Maguire
as Bobby Fischer
Peter Sarsgaard
as Father Bill Lombardy
Liev Schreiber
as Boris Spassky
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Paul Marshall
Lily Rabe
as Joan Fischer
Sophie Nélisse
as Young Joan
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
as Teen Bobby Fischer
Conrad Pla
as Carmine Nigro
Aiden Lovekamp
as Young Bobby Fischer
Evelyne Brochu
as Donna
Robin Weigert
as Regina Fischer
Andreas Apergis
as Uncle Paul
Katie Bird Nolan
as Maria
Ilia Volok
as KGB Agent
Peter Janov
as KGB Agent
Spiro Malandrakis
as Reporter
Arthur Holden
as Party Guest #3
Raphael Grosz-Harvey
as Donald Byrne
John Maclaren
as Theodore Tremblay
Vitali Makarov
as Yovanovic
E
Eric Lee Huffman
as KGB Bodyguard
Brett Watson
as Lothar Schmid
Shawn Campbell
as Cyril Pustan
Eugene Nomura
as Japanese Anchorman
Norman Lehnert
as German Reporter
Edward Zinoviev
as Geller
S
Sam Stone
as Deli Customer
Jonathan Dubsky
as Tremblay's Aide
Mark Slacke
as Icelandic Journalist
Alexandre Gorchkov
as Iivo Nei
Igor Ovadis
as Russian Bookstore Owner
B
Bobo Vian
as Bookstore Owner's Wife
Joe Cobden
as Motel Clerk
Brent Skagford
as Businessman (Motel)
Richard Jutras
as Referee - Santa Monica
Y
Yanick Bousquet
as Foreign Reporter #1 (French)
S
Shanmugasunder Chetty
as Foreign Reporter #2 (East Indian)
Mohsen El Gharbi
as Foreign Reporter #3 (Dutch)
A
Andrew Peplowski
as ABC News Anchor
D
David Pryde
as 50's Reporter
Roc LaFortune
as Official (Soviet Accres.)
V
Vito DeFilippo
as Russian Opponent (Bulgaria 1967)
Ellen David
as Party Guest #1 (Fischer Apt.)
R
Rosaruby Kagan
as Party Guest #2 (Fischer Apt.)
Alain Goulem
as Reporter #1 (Vancouver)
Carlo Mestroni
as Reporter #2 (Vancouver)
G
Glen Bowser
as Bus Driver
Z
Zach Fraser
as Long Haired Hippy
A
Alexandra Van Loon
as Joan's Daughter
M
Marco Verdoni
as Joan's Husband
Matt Keyes
as JFK Airport Journalist
Edward Yankie
as President Nixon
A
Al Vandecruys
as Arbiter - Bulgaria
Al Dubois
as NBC Reporter
F
Francois Cote
as Marshall Heavy
F
François Ducharme
as Bent Larsen
M
Maurice Demers
as President Brezhnev
G
Grace Anne
as Bobby Fischer Fan (uncredited)
N
Nathaly Thibault
as Press Conference (uncredited)
Benoit Priest
as Texan Trucker (uncredited)
S
Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson
as Icelandic Policeman (uncredited)
Natalija Ugrina
as Bikini Babe (uncredited)
Lydia Zadel
as Kissing Woman (uncredited)
Dennis Staroselsky
as (uncredited)
André Sogliuzzo
as Henry Kissinger (voice, uncredited)
Bobby Fischer
as Self (archive footage)

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