Overview
Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.
Cast
- John Turturro as Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin
- Emily Watson as Natalia Katkov
- Geraldine James as Vera, Natalia's Mother
- Stuart Wilson as Valentionov
- Fabio Sartor as Turati
- Peter Blythe as Ilya
- Orla Brady as Anna
- Mark Tandy as Luzhin's Father
- Kelly Hunter as Luzhin's Mother
- Antonio Carli as Fascist