Chess Story
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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 MasucciDr. Josef Bartok
Albrecht SchuchFranz-Josef Böhm
Birgit MinichmayrAnna Bartok
Rolf LassgårdOwen McConnor
Andreas LustJohann Prantl
Samuel FinziAlfred Koller
Lukas MikoGustav Sailer
Joel BasmanBarkeeper Willem
Clemens BerndorffDr. Swoboda
Johannes ZeilerDr. Fink
Maresi RiegnerMaid Klara
Luisa-Céline GaffronFridl
Moritz von TreuenfelsPoliceman Erich
Carl AchleitnerChess Player
Eric BouwerDr. Wouters
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Chess Story (2021) | Trailer | Philipp Stölzl
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