Chess Story

Sep 23, 2021

1h 50m

★ 6.9

He turned resistance into a game

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.

Genres

History

Drama

War

Thriller

Production Companies

Walker & Worm Film

Dor Film

ORF

StudioCanal

Studio Babelsberg

ARD

ARD Degeto

Chess Story Trailers

Cast

Dr. Josef Bartok

Oliver Masucci

Franz-Josef Böhm

Albrecht Schuch

Anna Bartok

Birgit Minichmayr

Owen McConnor

Rolf Lassgård

Johann Prantl

Andreas Lust

Alfred Koller

Samuel Finzi

Gustav Sailer

Lukas Miko

Barkeeper Willem

Joel Basman

Dr. Swoboda

Clemens Berndorff

Dr. Fink

Johannes Zeiler

Maid Klara

Maresi Riegner

Fridl

Luisa-Céline Gaffron

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