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GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
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.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 64GoodWatch 77
IMDb6.4
Running time
1 h 35 min
Shorter than most dramas, −14 min on the typical 109
typical 10995Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1989
August 31, 1989
37 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
Germany
France
Directing · 2
- Mathieu Carrière Director, Writer
- Veit Helmer Assistant Director
Production · 2
- Joachim von Vietinghoff Producer
- Udo Heiland Line Producer
Camera · 1
- Rolf Liccini Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Galip Iyitanir Editor
- Heidi Reuscher First Assistant Editor
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