Fool's Mate (1989)
Matthieu Carriere, who once starred in German director Volkor Schlondorff's breakthrough film Young Torless, turns director himself for Fool's Mate. Michael Marwitz plays a once-famous concert pianist and chess whiz. He compromises his talents by casting his lot with a group of self-destructive druggies and gamblers. Marwitz' new circle of friends effectively ruins his marriage to Victoria Tennant, an English architect. Fool's Mate makes no effort to cheer up its audience, but this sort of fare apparently is what the European film-festival circuit thrives on.
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Victoria Tennant
as Alice Gordon
Victoria Tennant (born 30 September 1950) is an English film and television actress.
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Stuart Wilson
as Nikos Mitradis
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Stuart Wilson (born 25 December 1946) is an English actor. Known as a character actor, having acted in 90 films and television series.
Mareike Carrière
as Judy Miller
Peter Sattmann
as Hausemann
Peter Sattmann was a German actor, theater director, and playwright. His career began in 1969 at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen. He enjoyed success on stage under the artistic direction of Claus Peym...
Anatoli Karpov
as Chess player
Anatoli Karpov is a top-ranked Russian chess player, world champion 1975-85..
Mathieu Carrière
Mathieu Carrière (born August 2, 1950 in Hanover, Germany) is a German actor. Carrière grew up in Berlin and Lübeck; he attended the Jesuit boarding school Lycée Saint-François-Xavier in Vannes, Franc...
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Mathieu Carrière