Thriller Drama
Hoping to entrap Maria von Gall, who runs a courageous underground railroad for Jews in France, the Nazis kidnap her son Thomas, a brilliant 11-year-old chess master. An exchange arrangement goes awry and he sees her die in a hail of bullets; but he is rescued by his American father, whom he has never met before, and who plans to flee with him to Spain. However, Queen Maria had solemnly entrusted her little pawn Thomas with a precious secret and a terrifying mission, and it was time for him to move. A pawn may become an important piece by slowly, quietly advancing all the way through the enemy's ranks. Or a pawn may die trying. Retreat is what a pawn can never do.
Directed by
Giacomo Battiato
Written by
Giacomo Battiato, Nicola Lusuardi
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Thomas von Gall
Dominique Pinon
Henri Lafont
Stephen Moyer
David Quatermain
Ken Duken
Jürgen Müller
Sean Chapman
Larry Quatermain
Claire Keim
Catherine Lamiel
Thierry Lhermitte
Andreas Lazik
Gottfried John
Thomas von Gall - grandfather
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Gregor Lämmle
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Maria von Gall
Rufus
Prof. Bergot
Thomas Heinze
Joachim Görtz
Giorgio Pasotti
Michele
Michel Voletti
Librarian
Jean-Paul Muel
Mayor
Didier Bourguignon
Lorry Driver
Franck Libert
Soldier 2
Claude Duneton
Papa Allegre
Karl E. Landler
Soldier
Jean-Marie Frin
Shopkeeper
Marisa Leonie Bach
Louise
Henri Costa
Guard
Francois Couet
Drag Singer
Bruno Cécillon
Bertrand
Didier Dabrowski
Soldier, Provence
Lara de Laubadère
Mitzi Lazik
Joseph Frost
Player 2
Guillaume Groulard
Bruno
Philippe Julia
Soldier 1
Betty Krestinsky
Mama Allegre
Kyle König
Onlooker
Jean Nehr
Lionel
Ulrich Boris Pöppl
Bank Employee
Harry Raymon
Callaghan
Wulf Schmid-Noerr
Chairman
Dagmar Schwarz
Delphine
Thomas Tipton
Player 1
Brian Stavechny
Butler

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