Movie

Chess in Concert

★ 6.6(7)20092h 22m

Chess in Concert is available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store in Ireland. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 22 July 2026.

Where to watch Chess in Concert

🇮🇪 Ireland

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Good to know

Director: Hugh Wooldridge
Release date: 2009-06-17
Runtime: 2h 22m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: Warner Music Entertainment

Chess in Concert — trailer

About Chess in Concert

Chess in Concert is a 2009 movie in the Music genre, directed by Hugh Wooldridge, starring Josh Groban, Idina Menzel and Adam Pascal. It has a runtime of 2 hours 22 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.6/10 from 7 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Chess in Concert in Ireland — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Cast

Josh Groban

Anatoly Sergievsky

Idina Menzel

Florence Vassy

Adam Pascal

Frederic Trumper

David Bedella

Alexander Molokov

Kerry Ellis

Svetlana Sergievsky

Clarke Peters

Walter de Courcy

Marti Pellow

The Arbiter

Tim Rice

Host

Themes & keywords

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