Chess Story
(2021)

He turned resistance into a game

Released: 2021-09-23

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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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Oliver Masucci

as Dr. Josef Bartok

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Albrecht Schuch

as Franz-Josef Böhm

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Birgit Minichmayr

as Anna Bartok

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Rolf Lassgård

as Owen McConnor

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Andreas Lust

as Johann Prantl

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Samuel Finzi

as Alfred Koller

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Lukas Miko

as Gustav Sailer

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Joel Basman

as Barkeeper Willem

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Maresi Riegner

as Dienstmädchen Klara

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Moritz von Treuenfels

as Schutzmann Erich

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Carl Achleitner

as Schachspieler an Bar

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Eric Bouwer

as Schiffsarzt Dr. Wouters

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Rafael Stachowiak

as Schiffskellner Harry

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Manfred Möck

as Schachspieler an Bar

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