Chess Story
Released: September 23, 2021Runtime: 110 minLanguage: DE
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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Oliver Masucci
as Dr. Josef Bartok
Dieter Bernhardt
as Fahrer
Elias Gabele
as Passkontrolleur am Hafen
Birgit Minichmayr
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Rafael Stachowiak
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Isa Hochgerner
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Maresi Riegner
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Anton Rattinger
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Aron Eichhorn
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Johannes Zeiler
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