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Pawn Sacrifice

2015·1h 55m·PG-13
DramaBiographyThrillerSportHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 7.0/10
54,339 votes
Metascore
65
Metacritic

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Pawn Sacrifice is a 2015 drama biography movie directed by Edward Zwick, starring Liev Schreiber, Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.0/10 from 54,339 votes and runs 1h 55m.

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Director
Edward Zwick
Stars
Liev Schreiber
Tobey Maguire
Peter Sarsgaard
Michael Stuhlbarg
Details
2015-09-25
115 min
Movie
PG-13
★ United States
★ English, Russian
Keywords
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