Chess Story

Chess Story (2021)

He turned resistance into a game

  • Genre: History, Drama, War, Thriller
  • Release Date: 2021-09-23
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 119 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 51min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Walker & Worm Film
  • Production Country: Austria, Germany
  • Director: Philipp Stölzl
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Summary

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

  • Albrecht Schuch

    as Franz-Josef Böhm

  • Birgit Minichmayr

    as Anna Bartok

  • Rolf Lassgård

    as Owen McConnor

  • Andreas Lust

    as Johann Prantl

  • Samuel Finzi

    as Alfred Koller

  • Lukas Miko

    as Gustav Sailer

  • Joel Basman

    as Barkeeper Willem

  • Clemens Berndorff

    as Dr. Swoboda

  • Johannes Zeiler

    as Dr. Fink

  • Maresi Riegner

    as Dienstmädchen Klara

  • Luisa-Céline Gaffron

    as Fridl

  • Moritz von Treuenfels

    as Schutzmann Erich

  • Carl Achleitner

    as Schachspieler an Bar

  • Eric Bouwer

    as Schiffsarzt Dr. Wouters

  • Rafael Stachowiak

    as Schiffskellner Harry

  • Isa Hochgerner

    as Köchin

  • Anton Rattinger

    as Fahrer Max

  • Markus Schleinzer

    as Dr. Auer

  • Manfred Möck

    as Schachspieler an Bar

  • Paul Schweinester

    as Beamter in Hotelbibliothek

  • Alexander Khuon

    as Seward Claas

  • Dieter Bernhardt

    as Fahrer

  • Elias Gabele

    as Passkontrolleur am Hafen

  • Aron Eichhorn

    as Demonstrant

  • Gerhard Flödl

    as Kellner Palais Auersperg

  • Heiko Köchel

    as Gestapomänner

  • Kari Rakkola

    as Gestapomänner

  • Christian Dungl

    as Gestapomänner

  • Belush Korenyi

    as Pianist Hotel Metropole

  • Philipp M. Krenn

    as Beamte an Hotelrezeption

  • Albrecht Schuch

    as Franz-Josef Böhm und Mirko Czentovic

  • Christoph Kostomiris

    as Gestapo-Beamter
Production Kalle Friz Co-Producer
Production Danny Krausz Co-Producer
Production Philipp Worm Producer
Production Isabel Hund Co-Producer
Production Tobias Walker Producer
Sound Ingo Ludwig Frenzel Music
Editing Sven Budelmann Editor
Sound Gunnar Voigt Sound
Directing Philipp Stölzl Director
Writing Stefan Zweig Novel
Writing Eldar Grigorian Writer
Camera Thomas W. Kiennast Director of Photography

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