Drama
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.
Directed by
Gerd Oswald
Written by
Herbert Reinecker, Gerd Oswald, Harold Medford
Curd Jürgens
Werner von Basil
Mario Adorf
Mirko Centowic
Claire Bloom
Irene Andreny
Dietmar Schönherr
Rabbi
Hansjörg Felmy
Hans Berger
Karl Stepanek
Baranow
Jan Hendriks
First Officer
Albert Lieven
Hartmann
Hans Söhnker
Bishop Ambrosse
Dorothea Wieck
Countess (uncredited)
Rudolf Forster
Hotelmanager
Alan Gifford
Mac Iver
Wolfgang Wahl
Mondgesicht
Rijk de Gooyer
Secretary (uncredited)
Albert Bessler
Scientist
Harald Maresch
Ballet Master
Susanne Körber-Harlan
Young Woman (uncredited)

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