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Nov 23, 2021 · The Royal Game is a journey between past and present. A rollercoaster ride, the meeting point between the outside world and the inner world.
Apr 25, 2022 · By HANNAH BROWN. APRIL 25, 2022 19:41. OLIVER MASUCCI as Josef Bartok in ‘The Royal Game.’. (photo credit: Nachshon Films) Stefan Zweig was an acclaimed Austrian-Jewish author who, after...
Sep 23, 2021 · Josef Bartok (Oliver Masucci) is preparing to flee to America with his wife Anna when he is arrested by the Gestapo. As a former notary to the deposed Austrian aristocracy, he is told to help the local Gestapo leader gain access to their private bank accounts in order to fund the Nazi regime.
- Philipp Stolzl
The film finds deeply moving images to show how Bartok (known as “Dr. B“ in the original text) tries to defy the mental deprivation of solitary confinement by reenacting chess plays.
Chess Story: Directed by Philipp Stölzl. With Oliver Masucci, Dieter Bernhardt, Elias Gabele, Birgit Minichmayr. To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis finds refuge in the world of chess.
- (4.8K)
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Philipp Stölzl
- 2021-09-23
He turned resistance into a game 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.
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