# The Coldest Game (2019)

> An alcoholic former chess champion is coerced into a Warsaw match that doubles as a deadly Cold War intelligence operation.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/409871

## Facts

- Runtime: 104 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Director: Łukasz Kośmicki
- Cast: Bill Pullman, Lotte Verbeek, James Bloor, Robert Więckiewicz, Aleksey Serebryakov, Corey Johnson, Nicholas Farrell, Evgeniy Sidikhin
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6445414/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: paranoid, brooding, sardonic, cold war movie night, chess themed viewing

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