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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.
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Oliver Masucci
Dr. Josef Bartok
Rolf Lassgård
Owen McConnor
Albrecht Schuch
Franz-Josef Böhm
Joel Basman
Barkeeper Willem
Andreas Lust
Johann Prantl
Luisa-Céline Gaffron
Fridl
Samuel Finzi
Alfred Koller
Birgit Minichmayr
Anna Bartok
Eric Bouwer
Schiffsarzt Dr. Wouters
Johannes Zeiler
Dr. Fink
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