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Nov 23, 2021 · by Philipp Stölzl. grade: 8. The Royal Game is an endless journey between its protagonist’s past and present. The Royal Game is a rollercoaster ride, the meeting point between the outside world and the inner world. An experience that, at times, can really hurt. Inside the mind of Josef Bartok.
Apr 25, 2022 · The Royal Game is a difficult film to watch and it provides no easy answers. The film seems to be saying that what is taken from victims by the Nazis can never be returned and there is...
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.
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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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(German: Schachnovelle is a 2021 German drama film directed by Philipp Stölzl, written by Eldar Grigorian, and starring Clemens Berndorff, Samuel Finzi, Luisa-Céline Gaffron. It was released on 23 September 2021. It is based on the novel of the same name, The Royal Game (or from the original German title: Schachnovelle) by Stefan Zweig.
To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis rescues himself in the world of chess.
•Clemens Berndorff as Swoboda
•Samuel Finzi
•Luisa-Céline Gaffron
•Rolf Lassgård
•Andreas Lust
•Oliver Masucci as Dr. Josef Bartok
Sep 21, 2021 · Northern Artists Outlet has released a soundtrack album for the German drama The Royal Game (Schachnovelle). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ingo Ludwig Frenzel ( Young Goethe in Love , The Physician , The Tunnel , The Last Supper ).
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Plot summary. An anonymous narrator opens the story by describing the boarding of a passenger liner traveling from New York to Buenos Aires. One of the passengers is world chess champion Mirko Czentovic. Czentovic is an idiot savant [3] and prodigy with no obvious qualities apart from his talent for chess.
