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Chess in Concert (1989)

Chess in Concert (1989)

Music
Release Date: 1989, December 30
Directors: Anders Eljas
Countries: Sweden
Production: SVT, SVT, MCN Produktion, MCN Produktion, Skellefteå Kommun, Skellefteå Kommun
Cast: Björn Ulvaeus, Judy Kuhn, Tommy Körberg, Anders Glenmark, Murray Head, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Johan Schinkler

Overview:

The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Concert production of the musical staged during the finals of the 1989 chess World Cup tournament in in Skellefteå, Sweden and broadcast on Swedish television.

Keywords:

love triangle cold war concert impossible love symphony orchestra chess tournament musical theater