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The Chess Players (1977)

1977 film by Satyajit Ray

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Genre drama, comedy, historical

Country India

Runtime 113 min

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Based on

Shatranj ke khiladi by Premchand (1924) · literary work
Book: Public domain in the US (published 1924)
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Cast & crew

Directed by Satyajit Ray

Written by Satyajit Ray, Shama Zaidi, Javed Siddiqui

Music by Satyajit Ray

Cinematography Soumendu Roy

Edited by Dulal Dutta

Cast (16)

Richard Attenborough · Shabana Azmi · Farida Jalal · Amjad Khan · Saeed Jaffrey · Sanjeev Kumar · Victor Banerjee · Farooq Sheikh · Tom Alter · Leela Mishra · David Abraham Cheulkar · Veena · Barry John · Saswati Sen · Kamu Mukherjee · Bhudo Advani

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