Shattered Games (2024)
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.
Director:
Marek Bukowski
Writer:
Maciej Dancewicz
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Jan Wieczorkowski as Dawid Przepiórka |
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Wojciech Mecwaldowski as Akiba Rubinstein |
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Jacek Feliks Knap as Ksawery Tartakower |
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Dariusz Pieróg as Paulin Frydman |
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Maciej Miszczak as Kazimierz Makarczyk |
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Jędrzej Hycnar as Mieczysław Najdorf |
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Beata Fido as Żona Rubinsteina |
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Anna Matysiak as Charlotta Haren |
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Weronika Dzierżyńska as Gienia |
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Magdalena Maścianica as Kelnerka Zosia |
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Beata Wnęk-Malec as Służąca Salcia |
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Antoni Gogółka as Chłopiec widmo |
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Błażej Wójcik as Konsul |
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Maciej Półtorak as Pułkownik |
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Witold Dębicki as Słodownik |
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Radomir Rospondek as Redaktor |
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Michał Pietrzak as Bukmacher |
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Stanisław Banasiuk as Profesor |
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Grzegorz Palkowski as Kibic |
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Wiesław Kupczak as Doktor Kostro |
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Bartosz Adamczyk as Policjant |
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Piotr Łukaszczyk as Dziennikarz |
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Nikodem Kasprowicz as Dziennikarz |
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Leszek Malec as Dziennikarz nazista |
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Waldemar Kotas as Sędzia olimpijski |
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Piotr Misztela as Dziennikarz Polskiego Radia |
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Marek Łukasik as Oficer SS |
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Radosław Drożdż as Argentyński dziennikarz |
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Maciej Dancewicz as Maroczy |
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Grzegorz Pawlak as Komentator radiowy |
| Writing | Maciej Dancewicz | Screenplay |
| Directing | Marek Bukowski | Director |
| Sound | Anna Malarowska | Music Consultant |
| Editing | Tomasz Ostrowski | Editor |
