Chess Story
2021 · directed by Philipp Stölzl
- Rating
- 74/100
- Hit
- no
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.
Chess Story (2021), directed by Philipp Stölzl, rates 74/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Oliver Masucci
- Albrecht Schuch
- Birgit Minichmayr
- Rolf Lassgård
- Andreas Lust
- Samuel Finzi
- Lukas Miko
- Joel Basman
- Clemens Berndorff
- Johannes Zeiler
Crew
- Thomas W. Kiennast — Director of Photography
- Sven Budelmann — Editor
- Ingo Ludwig Frenzel — Original Music Composer
- Eldar Grigorian — Writer
More from Philipp Stölzl
- North Face (2008) — 74/100
- The Physician (2013) — 73/100
- The Physician II (2025) — 63/100
- Young Goethe in Love (2010) — 62/100
- Erased (2012) — 49/100
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