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Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.Read moreLess
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
The story
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
Cast & crew
Curd JürgensWerner von Basil
Claire BloomIrene Andreny
Hansjörg FelmyHans Berger
Mario AdorfMirko Centowic
Hans SöhnkerBishop Ambrosse
Rudolf ForsterHotelmanager
Jan HendriksFirst Officer
Albert LievenHartmann
Dietmar SchönherrRabbi
Wolfgang WahlMondgesichtAlbert Bessler
Albert BesslerScientist
Alan GiffordMac IverExplore the crew
- Director
- Gerd Oswald
- Producer
- Luggi Waldleitner
- Original Music Composer
- Hans-Martin Majewski
- Director of Photography
- Günther Senftleben
- Writer
- Harold Medford
- Writer
- Gerd Oswald
- Editor
- K.M. Eckstein
- Writer
- Herbert Reinecker