
Hoping to entrap Maria von Gall, who runs a courageous underground railroad for Jews in France, the Nazis kidnap her son Thomas, a brilliant 11-year-old chess master. An exchange arrangement goes awry and he sees her die in a hail of bullets; but he is rescued by his American father, whom he has never met before, and who plans to flee with him to Spain. However, Queen Maria had solemnly entrusted her little pawn Thomas with a precious secret and a terrifying mission, and it was time for him to move. A pawn may become an important piece by slowly, quietly advancing all the way through the enemy's ranks. Or a pawn may die trying. Retreat is what a pawn can never do.
Release Date: 7/3/2003
Runtime: 130 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Giacomo Battiato
Budget: $11.7M
0Companies: Grosvenor Park Productions, Le Sabre, Grundy Italia, UFA, ARD Degeto
Countries: United Kingdom, France
Thomas von Gall

Klaus Maria Brandauer
Gregor Lämmle

Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Maria von Gall

Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Thomas von Gall

Thierry Lhermitte
Andreas Lazik

Claire Keim
Catherine Lamiel

Dominique Pinon
Henri Lafont

Gottfried John
Thomas von Gall - grandfather

Thomas Heinze
Joachim Görtz

Ken Duken
Jürgen Müller

Giorgio Pasotti
Michele

Stephen Moyer
David Quatermain
Cedric Brelet von Sydow
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