Chess in Concert

1h 57m

10

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.

Cast

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Johan Schinkler

Anders Glenmark

Crew

Director, Conductor

Claes af Geijerstam

Assistant Director, Sound Designer

Production Coordinator

Helene Bergsten

Production Design, Lighting Director

Production Design, Lighting Director

Ann-Sofie Börjesson

Production Design, Lighting Director

Jan-Thomas Ölund

Production Design, Lighting Director

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Sven-Erik Frick

Camera Operator

Bengt Magnusson

Camera Operator

Ola Gerhardsson

Camera Operator

Assistant Camera

Assistant Camera

Kjell Andersson

Assistant Camera

Ingmarie Halling

Costume Designer, Makeup Artist

Sound Assistant

Björn Lehnberg

Lighting Director

Benny Andersson

Original Music Composer, Music, Songs

Original Music Composer, Music, Songs, Lyricist

Rutger Gunnarsson

Script Supervisor

Bengt-Göran Staaf

Technical Supervisor

Technical Supervisor

Berth Sandström

Anders Glenmark

Ann-Christine Hedmark