The Luzhin Defence
The Luzhin Defence
is a
2001
movie
, directed by
Dutch
director
Marleen Gorris
. The
screenplay
was written by
Peter Berry
and based on the
novel
The Defense
(or
The Defence
) by
Vladimir Nabokov
. Nabokov in turn drew upon the events in the life of his friend
Curt von Bardeleben
who committed
suicide
in 1924. The movie stars
John Turturro
as the tormented Luzhin;
Emily Watson
plays the love interest, Natalia. Watson received best actress nominations at the British Independent Film Awards and the London Film Critics Circle Awards. For the
chess opening
associated with the movie see
Latvian Gambit
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