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Knight Moves is a 1992 crime, mystery, and thriller film directed by Carl Schenkel. The movie features Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, and Daniel Baldwin. It was produced in the United States, Germany, and Canada, with English as the original language. Filming took place in Vancouver, and the narrative is set in Seattle. The story involves chess and murder, with keywords including suicide, chess champion, serial killer, and grandmaster.
The film has a runtime of 116 minutes. Anne Dudley composed the music, and Dietrich Lohmann served as director of photography. Production companies include Cineplex Odeon Films, Cinevox Filmproduktion, Ink Slinger Productions, Knight Moves Productions, and Lamb Bear Entertainment. It was distributed by Netflix via video on demand. The tagline reads, "In a game of life and death... one wrong move could be his last..." The film received a review score of 3.7/10 and 17%, with a vote average of 5.789.
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5.8A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.
Cast
- Christopher Lambert as Peter Sanderson
- Diane Lane as Kathy Sheppard
- Tom Skerritt as Frank Sedman
- Daniel Baldwin as Andy Wagner
- Ferdy Mayne as Jeremy Edmonds
- Don Thompson as Father
Themes
- suicide
- chess
- chess champion
- serial killer
- grandmaster
- polaroid camera
- police psychologist
- traumatic childhood
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- murder
- Director
- Carl Schenkel
- Cast member
- Blu Mankuma
- Composer
- Anne Dudley
- Cinematographer
- Dietrich Lohmann
- Narrative location
- Seattle
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 242044
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-01-22
- title
- Knight Moves
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 17%
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