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Hoping to entrap Maria von Gall, who runs a courageous underground railroad for Jews in France, the Nazis kidnap her son Thomas, a brilliant 11-year-old chess master. An exchange arrangement goes awry and he sees her die in a hail of bullets; but he is rescued by his American father, whom he has never met before, and who plans to flee with him to Spain. However, Queen Maria had solemnly entrusted her little pawn Thomas with a precious secret and a terrifying mission, and it was time for him to move. A pawn may become an important piece by slowly, quietly advancing all the way through the enemy's ranks. Or a pawn may die trying. Retreat is what a pawn can never do.
Budget
$11.7M
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 15, 2005
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Producers
Music
Studio
Grosvenor Park Productions, Le Sabre, Grundy Italia, UFA, ARD Degeto
Cast
Full credits →K
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Gregor Lämmle
G
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Maria von Gall
T
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Thomas von Gall
T
Thierry Lhermitte
Andreas Lazik
C
Claire Keim
Catherine Lamiel
D
Dominique Pinon
Henri Lafont
G
Gottfried John
Thomas von Gall - grandfather
T
Thomas Heinze
Joachim Görtz
K
Ken Duken
Jürgen Müller
G
Giorgio Pasotti
Michele
S
Stephen Moyer
David Quatermain
C
Cedric Brelet von Sydow
Saverio
R
Rufus
Prof. Bergot
M
Marisa Leonie Bach
Louise
D
Didier Bourguignon
Lorry Driver
S
Sean Chapman
Larry Quatermain
H
Henri Costa
Guard
C
Claude Duneton
Papa Allegre
K
Karl E. Landler
Soldier
J
Jean-Marie Frin
Shopkeeper
