The Coldest Game

2019
12
1 Std. 42 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,2/10

12.820

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Während der Kubakrise von 1962 findet sich ein aufgewühltes Mathematikgenie gezwungen, an einem amerikanisch-sowjetischen Schachspiel teilzunehmen - und an einer tödlichen Spionagepartie.Während der Kubakrise von 1962 findet sich ein aufgewühltes Mathematikgenie gezwungen, an einem amerikanisch-sowjetischen Schachspiel teilzunehmen - und an einer tödlichen Spionagepartie.Während der Kubakrise von 1962 findet sich ein aufgewühltes Mathematikgenie gezwungen, an einem amerikanisch-sowjetischen Schachspiel teilzunehmen - und an einer tödlichen Spionagepartie.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,2/10

12.820

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 3 Gewinne & 13 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Lead actor William Hurt broke his leg in an off-set accident a few days after filming started. The injury was so bad that he had to be replaced by actor Bill Pullman.

Patzer
The American flag is displayed improperly on the wall during the chess match. According to US flag etiquette, the blue star field should always be displayed in the upper left hand corner when the flag is hung on a wall.

Zitate
Title Card: In the early 1960s, U.S. - Soviet realtions are the worst in the history of the Cold War. After the Cuban Revolution, Soviet troops are only 100 miles from Florida.
Title Card: In October 1962, President Kennedy is informed of silos built in Cuba and increased Soviet military activity. It looks like preparations for war.
Title Card: A global war.
Title Card: A nuclear global war.

Soundtracks
Zagubiona rozmowa
Music by Milosz Wosko
Performed by Przemyslaw Florczak, Sebastian Frankiewicz, Robert Murakowski, Maciej Szczycinski & Milosz Wosko

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7/10

A decent script with a decent twist

As far as Netflix-produced movies go, this is one of the best I saw. At least, it has a script that actually makes some sense, albeit in a formulaic way. After all, this is the Cold War and we've pretty much seen everything about that period in time and movie rules (and history) dictate that the Russians are the villains and nobody is to be trusted.

In this movie, the story takes place mostly in Warsaw, which makes a nice change of place from the usual Berlin. A chess championship is taking place during the Cuban missiles crises and a drunkard American professor (Bill Pullman) must act as the go-between spy, besides being the chess champion defying Russia.

Pullman looks a lot like Dennis Hopper and does a good job as the brilliant, unstable genius. His handlers are three suspicious characters, one of whom must be a mole.

My favourite scene takes places in the men's lavatory and it is edited in such a way as to make you wonder what is going on. The previous scene established a character who may also not be what he looks like and the whole plot is directly linked to the opening scene.

Quite enjoyable and suitably gritty, even if I usually don't enjoy movies where the main character is an addict.