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The Chess Players
1977 2h 9m Not Rated
Drama
,
Comedy
,
History
7.5
91%
85%
71%
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In 1856, two obsessed noblemen ignore everything while playing chess and fail to notice British rule extending into their Indian province.
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Directed By
Satyajit Ray
Written By
Satyajit Ray
,
Javed Siddiqui
,
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Studio
Devki Chitra
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Cast of The Chess Players
Sanjeev Kumar
Mirza Sajjad Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
Mir Roshan Ali
Amjad Khan
Wajid Ali Shah
Shabana Azmi
Khurshid
Farida Jalal
Nafisa
Veena
Queen Mother
David Abraham Cheulkar
Munshi
Victor Banerjee
Prime Minister
Farooq Shaikh
Aqueel
Tom Alter
Capt. Weston
Leela Mishra
Hirya
Barry John
Richard Attenborough
General Outram
Samarth Narain
Kallu
Bhudo Advani
Abbajani
Kamu Mukherjee
Uttamram Nagar
Khairatilal Lahori
Pradip Shankar
Ashfaq Mirza
Amrit Bhushan Gujral
Ramesh Khosla
Shaik Farid
Madan Sudan
Saswati Sen
Dancer (uncredited)
Amitabh Bachchan
Narrator (voice)
The Chess Players Reviews
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The uneven but elegantly told gentle historical film about conflicting cultures has its few moments of brilliance.
Slant Magazine
Jay Antani
Its mannered goofiness echoes the pastoral comedy of Days and Nights In the Forest while the Raj-era dancing-girl trappings recall the decidedly grim The Music Room.
Old School Reviews
John A. Nesbit
combines a comedy of manners with historical drama, as it examines the 1856 British takeover of India
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
"The Chess Players" is a little formal and static, but it's enriched by the comprehension of an exceptional film artist, who perceives clearly what this historical parable signifies for his country and his compatriots.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Ray's film is an incisive dissection of culture shock and class privilege.
TV Guide
Ponderously allegorical and overlong, a major disappointment from director Ray.
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