1934迭戈帕迪拉赢得西甲冠军的象棋和会见法国记者，Marianne Latour，他们相爱了。内战结束后，玛丽安说服迭戈和他们的女儿一起住在法国，不久之后，迭戈将被控纳粹间谍，并被关押在党卫军监狱。在监狱里，迭戈将尝试在一个敌对的环境，感谢Maier上校的热爱象棋生存。

  In 1934 Diego Padilla wins the Spanish Championship of Chess and meets a French journalist, Marianne Latour, and they fall in love. At the end of the Civil War, Marianne convinces Diego to live in France with their daughter, where shortly afterwards Diego will be accused of spying by the Nazis and imprisoned in an SS prison. In prison, Diego will try to survive in a hostile environment thanks to Colonel Maier's passion for chess.