Chess Story
TMDB 6.8
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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.
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TMDB 6.8
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.
HistoryDramaWarThriller
Trailers & More
Chess Story
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.
- Directors
- Philipp Stölzl
- Producers
- Tobias Walker, Philipp Worm
- Cast and Characters
- Oliver Masucci (Dr. Josef Bartok), Albrecht Schuch (Franz-Josef Böhm), Birgit Minichmayr (Anna Bartok), Rolf Lassgård (Owen McConnor), Andreas Lust (Johann Prantl), Samuel Finzi (Alfred Koller), Lukas Miko (Gustav Sailer), Joel Basman (Barkeeper Willem)
- Languages
- German