Chess Story (2021)

Name: The Royal Game
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Genre: Drama, Spennutryllir, Stríð
Released: 2021
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Lassgård, Andreas Lust

Schachnovelle

1 h 50 min2021

Þegar Nasistar réðust inn í Vín í Austurríki reynir lögfræðingurinn Josef Bartok að komast til Bandaríkjanna ásamt eiginkonu sinni en er handtekinn af öryggislögreglunni Gestapo.

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Plot

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.