Chess Story
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Samuel Finzi · Lukas Miko · Joel Basman · Albrecht Schuch · Eldar Grigorian · Andreas Lust · Clemens Berndorff · Oliver Masucci · Birgit Minichmayr · Philipp Stölzl · Rolf Lassgård · Johannes Zeiler
Studios & networks
ARD · ARD Degeto · BR · Dor Film · ORF · Studio Babelsberg · StudioCanal · Walker & Worm Film