In 1934 Diego Padilla wins the Spanish Championship of Chess and meets a French journalist, Marianne Latour, and they fall in love. At the end of the Civil War, Marianne convinces Diego to live in France with their daughter, where shortly afterwards Diego will be accused of spying by the Nazis and imprisoned in an SS prison. In prison, Diego will try to survive in a hostile environment thanks to Colonel Maier's passion for chess.
Marc Clotet
as Diego Padilla
Melina Matthews
as Marianne Latour
Alejo Sauras
as Javier Sánchez
Maarten Dannenberg
as
Andrés Gertrúdix
as Pablo Mérida
Lionel Auguste
as Pierre Boileau
Stefan Weinert
as Colonel Maier
Martin Angerbauer
as Soldier Kuhn
