Film

Shattered Games

2024 · 59m · History · Drama · TV Movie

The Polish national chess squad, the 'Golden Team', won the world chess championship in Hamburg in 1930, and was renamed by the German press as the 'Bombenmannschaft' ('Bomber Crew'). The film focuses on team leader, Akiba Rubinstein, alongside his fellow players Dawid Przepiórka, Ksawery Tartakower, Mieczyslaw Najdorf, Paulin Frydman and Kazimierz Makarczyk. They battle to win the trophy as well as dealing with the mental illness of Rubinstein and the outbreak of World War II. The film tracks the fate of the Polish players, some of whom are Jewish, as the Nazis occupy Poland.

Jan Wieczorkowski

Dawid Przepiórka

Wojciech Mecwaldowski

Akiba Rubinstein

Jacek Feliks Knap

Ksawery Tartakower

Dariusz Pieróg

Paulin Frydman

Maciej Miszczak

Kazimierz Makarczyk

Jędrzej Hycnar

Mieczysław Najdorf

Beata Fido

Żona Rubinsteina

Anna Matysiak

Charlotta Haren

Weronika Dzierżyńska

Gienia

Magdalena Maścianica

Kelnerka Zosia

Beata Wnęk-Malec

Służąca Salcia

Antoni Gogółka

Chłopiec widmo

Błażej Wójcik

Konsul

Maciej Półtorak

Pułkownik

Witold Dębicki

Słodownik

Radomir Rospondek

Redaktor

• Marek BukowskiDirector
• Maciej DancewiczScreenplay
• Tomasz OstrowskiEditor

Release date

October 29, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

Polish

Runtime

59m

Rated

MA 15+

Genres

History, Drama, TV Movie

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