Overview - Chess Story
Date of release
Budget
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Revenue
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Spoken Languages
- Deutsch
Production companies
Name: Walker & Worm Film
Production country Germany
Name: Dor Film
Production country Austria
Name: BR
Production country Germany
Name: ORF
Production country Austria
Name: StudioCanal
Production country Germany
Name: Studio Babelsberg
Production country Germany
Name: ARD
Production country Germany
Name: ARD Degeto
Production country Germany
Overview
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
Name: Oliver Masucci
Character: Dr. Josef Bartok
Popularity: 2.1661
Name: Albrecht Schuch
Character: Franz-Josef Böhm
Popularity: 0.9275
Name: Birgit Minichmayr
Character: Anna Bartok
Popularity: 0.9488
Name: Rolf Lassgård
Character: Owen McConnor
Popularity: 1.5621
Name: Andreas Lust
Character: Johann Prantl
Popularity: 0.8656
Name: Samuel Finzi
Character: Alfred Koller
Popularity: 0.767
Name: Lukas Miko
Character: Gustav Sailer
Popularity: 0.5136
Name: Joel Basman
Character: Barkeeper Willem
Popularity: 1.3683
