Chess Story
2021 · ★ 7.1 · Dir. Philipp Stölzl
He turned resistance into a game
1938. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains steadfast and refuses to cooperate with the Gestapo that requires confidential information from him. Thrown into solitary confinement, Bartok is psychologically tormented for months and begins to weaken. However, when he steals an old book about chess it sets him on course to overcome the mental suffering inflicted upon him, until it becomes a dangerous obsession.
- Released
- 2021-09-23
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Language
- DE
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Oliver Masucci
Dr. Josef Bartok
Birgit Minichmayr
Anna Bartok
Albrecht Schuch
Franz-Josef Böhm
Samuel Finzi
Alfred Koller
Andreas Lust
Johann Prantl
Lukas Miko
Gustav Sailer
Joel Basman
Barkeeper Willem
Rolf Lassgård
Owen McConnor
Clemens Berndorff
Dr. Swoboda
Johannes Zeiler
Dr. Fink
Maresi Riegner
Dienstmädchen Klara
Luisa-Céline Gaffron
Fridl
