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Story
Synopsis
Matthieu Carriere, who once starred in German director Volkor Schlondorff's breakthrough film Young Torless, turns director himself for Fool's Mate. Michael Marwitz plays a once-famous concert pianist and chess whiz. He compromises his talents by casting his lot with a group of self-destructive druggies and gamblers. Marwitz' new circle of friends effectively ruins his marriage to Victoria Tennant, an English architect. Fool's Mate makes no effort to cheer up its audience, but this sort of fare apparently is what the European film-festival circuit thrives on.
- Director
- Mathieu Carrière
- Writers
- Mathieu Carrière
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany, France
- Release date
- 31 August 1989
Ensemble
Cast
Victoria Tennant
Alice Gordon
Michael Marwitz
Lucas Tillman
Stuart Wilson
Nikos Mitradis
Mareike Carrière
Judy Miller
Peter Sattmann
Hausemann
Anatoli Karpov
Chess player
Mathieu Carrière
Harry Baer
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