Long Live the Queen (film)

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Lang Leve de Koningin
Film poster
Directed by
Written by	Esmé Lammers
Release date	15 November 1995 (1995-11-15)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Language	Dutch

Long Live the Queen (Dutch: Lang Leve de Koningin) is a 1995 Dutch children's film directed by . It tells the tale of a little girl who learns to play chess thanks to enchanted chess pieces. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1][2] It also won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film. The film was dedicated to chess grandmaster Max Euwe, the grandfather of the director. ^[3]

Plot[]

Sara, a young girl with an active imagination, learns to play chess by befriending the chess pieces. ^[4]

Cast[]

• ... Black Queen
• ... Susanne de Wall, Sara's Mother
• ... White Bishop
• ... White Horse
• Derek de Lint ... Bob Hooke, Sara's Father
• Rudolf Lucieer ... Teacher
• Pieter Lutz ... Sara's Grandfather
• ... Sara
• ... Black King
• Monique van de Ven ... White Queen
• Jack Wouterse ... White King

See also[]

• List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Dutch submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References[]

External links[]

• Lang Leve de Koningin at IMDb

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