Queen Sacrifice (1988)
30m
Running Time
July 4, 1988Release Date
Plot.
Davey, a talented young chess player, and Wil Bevan, his history teacher, are in Bournemouth for the British Chess Championships. When Davey meets up with Helen, a punk girl from London, Wil is faced with the problem of steering his charge through the championship and the trauma of first love.
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Cast & Crew.
Lisa Climie
Helen
Richard Davies
Wil Bevan
Pat Cleary
Pat Mullen
Duane Phillips
Davey
Mathew Grey
Nigel Miles
Julian Richards
Director
Marjorie Bell
Grandmother
Derek Chapman
Spiv
Julian Nott
Composer
Derek Head
Spiv
James Macwhinney
Cinematographer
Mark Talbot-Butler
Editor
Terry Baker
Rocky Rook
Jill Davies
Davey's Mum
Dewi Peters
Davey's Dad
Tim Davies
Off Licence Owner
Rhoda Mogford
Davey's Girlfriend
Stephen Barry
Tournament Official
Details.
Wiki.
Queen Sacrifice is a 30-minute short film written and directed by Julian Richards in 1988 whilst he was a film student at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design and is based on his childhood experience as a school boy chess champion.
The cast includes Richard Davies, Duane Phillips, Lisa Climie and the music was composed by Julian Nott.
The 16mm short was filmed on location in Trehafod in the Rhondda Valley and in Bournemouth.