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The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 American coming-of-age period drama streaming television miniseries based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The title refers to the "Queen's Gambit", a chess opening. The series was written and directed by Scott Frank, who created it with Allan Scott, who owns the rights to the book. Beginning in the mid-1950s and proceeding into the 1960s, the story follows the life of Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), a fictional American chess prodigy on her rise to the top of the chess world while struggling with drug and alcohol dependency.
Cast
- Akemnji Ndifornyen
- Anya Taylor-Joy
- Bill Camp
- Chloe Pirrie
- Christiane Seidel
- Eloise Webb
- Harry Melling
- Iskander Madjitov
- Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
- Janina Elkin
- Marcin Dorociński
- Marian Meder
- Marielle Heller
- Max Krause
- Moses Ingram
- Patrick Kennedy
- Rebecca Root
- Richard Waugh
- Ryan Wichert
- Sergio Di Zio
- Sophie McShera
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster
- William Horberg
More details
| author | Scott Frank |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Kentucky Las Vegas Lexington Moscow New York City Paris |
| director | Scott Frank |
| events | alcohol abuse chess substance abuse |
| genre | drama |
| musicBy | Carlos Rafael Rivera |
| publisher | Netflix |
| recordedAt | Berlin Cambridge Yakhroma |