Released:
2021-09-23

Overview:
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.

Director:
Philipp Stölzl

Runtime:
1h 50min

Genre:
History, Drama, War, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  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