The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit
“ Beth Harmon makes her move ”
FIRST AIR2020-10-23
RegionUS
Media TypeTV
BROADCASTING
Storyline
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
DIRECTOR / DirectorScott Frank
KEYWORDS
chessbased on novel or bookkentuckyfemale friendshipaddictionorphanagecoming of ageminiseriesorphanhistoricalsuicide of mothersubstance abusehistorical dramasocial issuesfictional biography1950s1960samerican historycerebralintimatecold war eramodern historyovercoming the oddstortured genius
