Chess Story

(2021)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 164 votes

Genres: History, Drama, War, Thriller

Year: 2021

Runtime: 111 мин

Country: Austria, Germany

Director: Philipp Stölzl

Cast: Оливер Мазуччи, Альбрехт Шух, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Lassgård, Andreas Lust, Самуел Финци, Lukas Miko, Йоель Басман, Clemens Berndorff, Johannes Zeiler

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.