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.
Gerd Oswald | Director |
Luggi Waldleitner | Producer |
Hans-Martin Majewski | Original Music Composer |
Günther Senftleben | Director of Photography |
Stefan Zweig | Novel |
Harold Medford | Writer |
Gerd Oswald | Writer |
K.M. Eckstein | Editor |
Herbert Reinecker | Writer |
Wolf Englert | Production Design |