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.
He turned resistance into a game.
Cast

Oliver Masucci
Dr. Josef Bartok

Oliver Masucci
Dr. Josef Bartok
Dieter Bernhardt
Fahrer
Elias Gabele
Passkontrolleur am Hafen

Birgit Minichmayr
Anna Bartok

Rafael Stachowiak
Schiffskellner Harry
Maresi Riegner
Dienstmädchen Klara

Anton Rattinger
Fahrer Max

Johannes Zeiler
Dr. Fink

Maresi Riegner
Maid Klara

Luisa-Céline Gaffron
Fridl

Moritz von Treuenfels
Policeman Erich


