Pawn Sacrifice

"On the board he fought the Cold War. In his mind he fought his madness."

During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.

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Tobey Maguire

Bobby Fischer

Peter Sarsgaard

Father Bill Lombardy

Liev Schreiber

Boris Spassky

Michael Stuhlbarg

Paul Marshall

Lily Rabe

Joan Fischer

Sophie Nélisse

Young Joan

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

Teen Bobby Fischer

Conrad Pla

Carmine Nigro

Aiden Lovekamp

Young Bobby Fischer

Evelyne Brochu

Donna

Robin Weigert

Regina Fischer

Andreas Apergis

Uncle Paul

Katie Bird Nolan

Maria

Ilia Volok

KGB Agent

Peter Janov

KGB Agent

Spiro Malandrakis

Reporter

Arthur Holden

Party Guest #3

Raphael Grosz-Harvey

Donald Byrne

John Maclaren

Theodore Tremblay

Vitali Makarov

Yovanovic

Eric Lee Huffman

KGB Bodyguard

Brett Watson

Lothar Schmid

Shawn Campbell

Cyril Pustan

Eugene Nomura

Japanese Anchorman

Norman Lehnert

German Reporter

Edward Zinoviev

Geller

Sam Stone

Deli Customer

Jonathan Dubsky

Tremblay's Aide

Mark Slacke

Icelandic Journalist

Alexandre Gorchkov

Iivo Nei

Igor Ovadis

Russian Bookstore Owner

Bobo Vian

Bookstore Owner's Wife

Joe Cobden

Motel Clerk

Brent Skagford

Businessman (Motel)

Richard Jutras

Referee - Santa Monica

Yanick Bousquet

Foreign Reporter #1 (French)

Shanmugasunder Chetty

Foreign Reporter #2 (East Indian)

Mohsen El Gharbi

Foreign Reporter #3 (Dutch)

Andrew Peplowski

ABC News Anchor

David Pryde

50's Reporter

Roc LaFortune

Official (Soviet Accres.)

Vito DeFilippo

Russian Opponent (Bulgaria 1967)

Ellen David

Party Guest #1 (Fischer Apt.)

Rosaruby Kagan

Party Guest #2 (Fischer Apt.)

Alain Goulem

Reporter #1 (Vancouver)

Carlo Mestroni

Reporter #2 (Vancouver)

Glen Bowser

Bus Driver

Zach Fraser

Long Haired Hippy

Alexandra Van Loon

Joan's Daughter

Marco Verdoni

Joan's Husband

Matt Keyes

JFK Airport Journalist

Edward Yankie

President Nixon

Al Vandecruys

Arbiter - Bulgaria

Al Dubois

NBC Reporter

Francois Cote

Marshall Heavy

François Ducharme

Bent Larsen

Maurice Demers

President Brezhnev

Grace Anne

Bobby Fischer Fan (uncredited)

Nathaly Thibault

Press Conference (uncredited)

Benoit Priest

Texan Trucker (uncredited)

Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson

Icelandic Policeman (uncredited)

Natalija Ugrina

Bikini Babe (uncredited)

Lydia Zadel

Kissing Woman (uncredited)

Dennis Staroselsky

(uncredited)

André Sogliuzzo

Henry Kissinger (voice, uncredited)

Bobby Fischer

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Marlène Poulin

First Assistant Editor

Christopher Wilkinson

Executive Producer

Edward Zwick

Director

Stephen J. Rivele

Screenplay

Christopher Wilkinson

Screenplay

Tobey Maguire

Producer

Steven Knight

Screenplay

Gail Katz

Producer

Steven Rosenblum

Editor

Bradford Young

Director of Photography

Robert Parle

Art Direction

Isabelle Guay

Production Design

Renée April

Costume Design

Marianne Bobet

Assistant Makeup Artist

Raymonde Daliberté

Assistant Hairdresser

James Newton Howard

Original Music Composer

Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk

Set Decoration

Jean-Pierre Paquet

Art Direction

Frédéric Berthiaume

Set Decoration

Matthew Plouffe

Co-Producer

Edward Zwick

Producer

Aron Bergmann Magnússon

Art Direction

André Valade

Set Decoration

Troy Putney

Associate Producer

Victoria Thomas

Casting

Daniel Hamelin

Set Decoration

Paul Hotte

Set Decoration

Daði Freyr Pétursson

Boom Operator

Alan Munro

Visual Effects Supervisor

Stéphane Byl

Third Assistant Director

Charlotte Rouleau

Assistant Art Director

Dan Korintus

Dialogue Editor

Denis Lavigne

Special Effects Coordinator

Anik Drapeau

Third Assistant Director

Bobbi Banks

ADR Supervisor

Bill R. Dean

Sound Editor

Beauxregard Neylon

ADR Mixer

Claire Alary

Property Master

Tom Fleischman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bill Sweeney

Foley Editor

Mireille Piché

Hairstylist

Silver Butler

Third Assistant Director

Cedric Charron

Boom Operator

Colleen Quinton

Makeup Department Head

Didier Communaux

Unit Manager

Kathy Kelso

Makeup Artist

Kris Fenske

Sound Designer

Louis Craig

Special Effects Supervisor

Isabel Henderson

Post Production Supervisor

Jean Gagnon

Set Designer

Siurbjorn Gudmundsson

Stunts

Jacky Lavoie

Unit Production Manager

Annie Carpentier

Assistant Property Master

Alexis Bureau

Stunt Double

Tyler Hall

Stunt Coordinator

Nathalie Garon

Hairstylist

Darin Rivetti

First Assistant Director

Roger Paquin

Greensman

Louis Marion

Sound Mixer

Chris Navarro

ADR Mixer

Jean-Jacques Dion

Hair Department Head

Rocco Stallone

Hairstylist

Allan Zaleski

Sound Editor

Kris A. Jeffrey

Stunts

Anne-Marie Lanza

Assistant Hairstylist

Hélène Lamarre

Art Department Coordinator

Lon Bender

Sound Designer

Matthew Haasch

Foley Mixer

Linda Drake

Visual Effects Coordinator

Josiane Jospitre

Assistant Set Decoration

Veronique Meunier

Set Designer

Geneviève Parent

Assistant Set Decoration

Renato De Cotiis

Second Assistant Director

Eric Hirsch

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Miller

ADR Mixer

Tim Connolly

Stunts

Sean Graham

Stunts

Sabrina Trudel

Makeup Artist

Justine Baker

ADR Recordist

Eric McAllister

Assistant Sound Editor

Alex Krimm

Stunts

Cynthia Patton

Hairstylist

George Billinger III

Steadicam Operator

Eric Aubin

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Francis Comeau

Rigging Grip

Etienne Geoffron

Rigging Grip

Mario Davignon

Costume Supervisor

François Daignault

Steadicam Operator

Patrick Bourbonniere

Rigging Grip

Paul Duchesne

Rigging Grip

Thor Eliasson

First Assistant Camera

Martine Gagnon

Assistant Costume Designer

Pierre Daudelin

Best Boy Electric

Shannon DeWolfe

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Jean-Maurice de Ernsted

Dolly Grip

Stephane St-Pierre

Rigging Grip

Alexandre Bouchard

Rigging Grip

Mike Bonnaud

Best Boy Electric

Tommy Diotte

Best Boy Grip

Kim Larouche

Rigging Grip

Takashi Seida

Still Photographer

Françoise Labelle

Wardrobe Master

Sylvain Girouard

Rigging Grip

Soupharak Keoborakoth

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Alain Masse

Key Grip

Gary Pachany

First Assistant "B" Camera

Felice Grana

Second Assistant Camera

Miguel Chouinard

Rigging Grip

David A. Seekins

First Assistant "A" Camera

Jean Kavanagh

First Assistant Camera

Emile Gonin Robidoux

Rigging Grip

Maude Turcot

Rigging Grip

Jacob Fortier

Rigging Gaffer

Hélèna Laliberté

Rigging Grip

Martine Leclerc

First Assistant "C" Camera

Marie-Ève Gosselin

Second Assistant Camera

Ryan Rayner

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Roman Hankewycz

Colorist

Sylvaine Dufaux

Second Unit Director of Photography

Eames Gagnon

Gaffer

Patrick St. Denis

Rigging Grip

Claude Fortin

Dolly Grip

Joe Gawler

Senior Colorist

Christian Lalonde

Rigging Grip

Jamal Bilal

Post Production Coordinator

Timothy Donovan

First Assistant Editor

Puelo Deir

Unit Publicist

Steven Rosenblum

Music Supervisor

Irina Cazazaeva

Dialect Coach

Cynthia E. Thornton

Associate Editor

Jim Weidman

Supervising Music Editor

David Olson

Music Editor

Pierre Blondin

Location Manager

Stéphanie Croteau

Set Medic

Eva Jensen

Studio Teacher

Roman Martyn

Assistant Location Manager

Robert Harrison

Set Medic

Mark Orton

Orchestrator

Charles Castonguay

Unit Publicist

Lorette Leblanc

Script Supervisor

Steev Beeson

Production Controller

Michael Buster

Dialect Coach

Marie-Elaine Bailly

Production Coordinator

Josiane Fradette

Visual Effects Coordinator

Lewis Horwitz

Finance