A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program. But the Russian world champ beats Tommy Rosemund's masterwork in a televised match. So the West German mathematician becomes a top chess pro himself, which the West German media boast will prove the superiority of Germany and democracy. The jowly, white-faced Rosemund believes that the entire Red Communist bloc is out to stop him from vanquishing their atheist pretty boy, Stefan Koruga, to become the next Bobby Fischer and a symbol that capitalism is preferable to socialism.
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Directing | Wolfgang Petersen | Director |
Camera | Jörg-Michael Baldenius | Director of Photography |
Production | Georg Althammer | Producer |
Sound | Klaus Doldinger | Original Music Composer |
Costume & Make-Up | Nikola Hoeltz | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Isolde Nist | Costume Design |
Editing | Hannes Nikel | Editor |
Sound | Ed Parente | Sound |
Sound | Willi Schwadorf | Sound Mixer |
Art | O. Jochen Schmidt | Art Direction |