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.
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Jan Hendriks
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Harald Maresch
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Karl Stepanek
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Dorothea Wieck
Countess (uncredited)
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
Blood and Bones
A Million Miles Away
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Run
King of the Ants
Wood Job!
Prayers for Bobby
The Damned United
Six Figures
Půlpenny
The Night the Angel Turned Away
Random Harvest
So-Called Girls
Jusqu'à l'enfer
Ride with the Devil
An Awfully Big Adventure
Youth in Revolt
This Crazy Heart
Gigi & Nate
Pawn Sacrifice
Adopt a Highway
The Odessa File
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
The Scarlet and the Black
The Ogre
The Outfit
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The Visit
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Paula
The Bourne Supremacy
TalhotBlond
The Monuments Men
The Zone of Interest
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Adidas Vs. Puma: The Brother's Feud
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
