FILM

Chess Story (2021)

Name: Chess Story
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Genre: History, Drama, War, Thriller
Released: 2021-09-23
Cast: Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Lassgård, Andreas Lust

Film · 2021 · 110 min · History · Drama · War

He turned resistance into a game.

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.

Directed by Philipp Stölzl

Starring Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Lassgård, Andreas Lust, Samuel Finzi, Lukas Miko, Joel Basman

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas	13 January 2023
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	23 September 2021

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