Schachnovelle
About the film
Vienna, 1938. Lawyer Josef Bartok and his wife are about to leave Nazi-occupied Austria, but he is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok is required to give up confidential information about clients, and after refusing, he is placed in solitary confinement and completely deprived of contact with the outside world.. But one day Josef manages to steal a book about chess from his jailers.. She becomes both a salvation and a dangerous obsession for him.
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Duration:
1 h 51 min
Age limit:
18+
Languages:
ru,
de
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