51596
51596

Chess

2003-11-12
8.7
sv 128m
Drama
The first Swedish language stage version of Chess, starring Helen Sjöholm as Florence Vaszi, Josefin Nilsson as Svetlana Sergievskaja, Tommy Körberg as Anatolij Sergievskij, Anders Ekborg as Freddie Trumper and Per Myrberg as Alexander Molokov. The cast sing new lyrics in Swedish (written by Rudolfson, Jan Marks and Björn Ulvaeus) to tell a new version of the everchanging Chess story. A few new songs have been included (Chess continues to be a work in progress.) This version premiered in February 2002 at the Cirkus Theatre in Stockholm.

Director

Lars Rudolfsson

Original Music Composer

Benny Andersson

Original Music Composer

Björn Ulvaeus

Translator

Lars Rudolfsson

Musical

Tim Rice

Songs

Benny Andersson

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Status

Released

Countries

  • Sweden

Companies

  • Mono Music AB
  • SVT