The Luzhin Defence

62 %|Aug 21, 2000|Romance, Drama

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.

Marleen Gorris

Director

Peter Berry

Screenplay

Tony Burrough

Production Design

Alexandre Desplat

Music

Vladimir Nabokov

Writer

Bernard Lutic

Director of Photography

Michiel Reichwein

Editor

Cast

Aleksandr Ivanovich 'Sascha' Luzhin

Natalia Katkov

Vera, Natalia's Mother

Valentionov

Turati

Ilya

Anna

Luzhin's Father

Luzhin's Mother

Fascist