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The Coldest Game
MEANRANK
55/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 48, highest is IMDb on 62.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →During the tense height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a brilliant but troubled and alcoholic mathematics professor is recruited by the US government. His skills are needed to replace a fallen agent at a chess tournament in Warsaw, Poland, which serves as a front for a high-stakes covert operation. The professor must use the game of chess as a metaphor for the geopolitical standoff, outmaneuvering his Soviet opponent while intelligence agencies operate in the shadows. The fate of the world hangs in the balance as he plays the most important game of his life.
Details
- Director
- Łukasz Kośmicki
- Writers
- Łukasz Kośmicki, Marcel Sawicki
- Released
- 8 November 2019
- Country
- Poland
- Language
- Polish
- Runtime
- 104 min
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