Chess Story
Schachnovelle
He Turned Resistance Into A Game.
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Oliver Masucci
Dr. Josef Bartok
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Dieter Bernhardt
Fahrer
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Elias Gabele
Passkontrolleur am Hafen
Birgit Minichmayr
Anna Bartok
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Rafael Stachowiak
Schiffskellner Harry
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Isa Hochgerner
Köchin
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Maresi Riegner
Dienstmädchen Klara
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Anton Rattinger
Fahrer Max
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Aron Eichhorn
Demonstrant
Johannes Zeiler
Dr. Fink
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Ingo Ludwig Frenzel
Composer
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Thomas W. Kiennast
Cinematographer
