Original title: Schachnovelle
Country: Alemania, Austria
Drama
112 minutes
Premiere in Spain: 11/02/2022
Production company: Walker Worm Film, ARD Degeto Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft, StudioCanal Germany
Distributor: StudioCanal Germany
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Script: Eldar Grigorian
Cast: Oliver Masucci, Rolf Lassgård, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Samuel Finzi, Andreas Lust, Lukas Miko, Johannes Zeiler, Maresi Riegner, Clemens Berndorff, Julian Rohrmoser
Not recommended for children under 12 years.
Synopsis The Royal Game
Vienna, 1938. The Nazis have just annexed Austria and notary Josef Bartok knows he is in grave danger. As he prepares to flee, he is arrested by the Gestapo and locked up in a hotel converted into a prison. He will only get out if he collaborates with the Nazis. Bartok is unwilling to give in. But isolated, loneliness begins to take its toll on him until he manages to steal a chess book, which will be his fulcrum for staying sane and turning resistance into a game.
Based on the world classic 'The Chess Novel', author Stefan Zweig's best-known book.
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