Chess Story

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.

• Philipp StölzlDirector
• Eldar GrigorianWriter
• Ingo Ludwig FrenzelOriginal Music Composer

• 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