Chess Story (2021)
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- 1h 50min
- Drama, Thriller
- 23 Sep 2021 (Germany)
- Movie
To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis finds refuge in the world of chess.
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Awards:
- 5 wins & 12 nominations.
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| Oliver Masucci | ... |
Dr. Josef Bartok
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Dieter Bernhardt | ... |
Fahrer
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Elias Gabele | ... |
Passkontrolleur am Hafen
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| Birgit Minichmayr | ... |
Anna Bartok
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| Rafael Stachowiak | ... |
Schiffskellner Harry
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Isa Hochgerner | ... |
Köchin
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Maresi Riegner | ... |
Dienstmädchen Klara
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Anton Rattinger | ... |
Fahrer Max
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Aron Eichhorn | ... |
Demonstrant
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| Johannes Zeiler | ... |
Dr. Fink
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| Markus Schleinzer | ... |
Dr. Auer
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Clemens Berndorff | ... |
Dr. Swoboda
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Gerhard Flödl | ... |
Kellner Palais Auersperg
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| Lukas Miko | ... |
Gustav Sailer
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| Andreas Lust | ... |
Johann Prantl
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Heiko Köchel | ... |
Gestapomänner
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Kari Rakkola | ... |
Gestapomänner
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Christian Dungl | ... |
Gestapomänner
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Belush Korenyi | ... |
Pianist Hotel Metropole
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Philipp M. Krenn | ... |
Beamte an Hotelrezeption
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| Moritz von Treuenfels | ... |
Schutzmann Erich
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| Albrecht Schuch | ... |
Franz-Josef Böhm / Mirko Czentovic
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Christoph Kostomiris | ... |
Gestapo-Beamter
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| Joel Basman | ... |
Barkeeper Willem
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| Carl Achleitner | ... |
Schachspieler an Bar
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| Manfred Möck | ... |
Schachspieler an Bar
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| Samuel Finzi | ... |
Alfred Koller
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| Rolf Lassgård | ... |
Owen McConnor
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Paul Schweinester | ... |
Beamter in Hotelbibliothek
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Luisa-Céline Gaffron | ... |
Fridl
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Alexander Khuon | ... |
Seward Claas
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Eric Bouwer | ... |
Schiffsarzt Dr. Wouters
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Hans Peter Edlmayer | ... |
Major Willig (uncredited)
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Paul Matic | ... |
Kurt Schuschnigg (uncredited) (voice)
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Johannes Nendwich | ... |
Chauffeur / Polizist (uncredited)
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| Julian Rohrmoser | ... |
Nazi (uncredited)
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Sebastian Winkler | ... |
Nazi (Sturmabteilung) (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Philipp Stölzl | ||
Written by
| Eldar Grigorian | ... | (screenplay) |
| Stefan Zweig | ... | (novel) |
Produced by
| Kalle Friz | ... | co-producer |
| Carlos Gerstenhauer | ... | commissioning editor: BR |
| Claudia Grässel | ... | commissioning editor: ARD Degeto |
| Isabel Hund | ... | co-producer |
| Danny Krausz | ... | co-producer |
| Florian Krügel | ... | line producer |
| Klaus Lintschinger | ... | commissioning editor: ORF |
| Sebastian Lückel | ... | commissioning editor: ARD Degeto |
| Sandrine Mattes | ... | co-producer |
| Bernhard Natschläger | ... | commissioning editor: ORF |
| Jakob Neuhäusser | ... | line producer |
| Tobias Schultze | ... | commissioning editor: BR |
| Christine Strobl | ... | co-producer: ARD Degeto |
| Tobias Walker | ... | producer |
| Philipp Worm | ... | producer |
Music by
| Ingo Frenzel | ||
Cinematography by
| Thomas W. Kiennast | ||
Editing by
| Sven Budelmann | ||
Editorial Department
| Justine Sina Edinger | ... | digital intermediate engineer: Basis Berlin Postproduktion |
| Philipp Orgassa | ... | colorist: ARRI Mitte Berlin |
| Marty Schenk | ... | assembly editor |
| Silke Zirnité | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
| Simone Bär | ||
Production Design by
| Matthias Müsse | ||
Art Direction by
| Florian Reichmann | ||
| Ralf Schreck | ||
Set Decoration by
| Birgit Esser | ||
| Petra Klimek | ||
Costume Design by
| Tanja Hausner | ||
Makeup Department
| Eliese Barnard | ... | makeup hair trainee: Vienna |
| Regina Breitfellner | ... | additional makeup hair artist - crowd: Vienna |
| Julia Böhm | ... | makeup hair supervisor: Berlin |
| Amelie Hartwig | ... | makeup hair artist: Munich |
| Aurora Hummer | ... | makeup hair artist |
| Juliane Hübner | ... | makeup hair supervisor: Berlin |
| Reinhard Kirnich | ... | makeup hair supervisor: Vienna |
| Alexandra Knopp | ... | additional makeup hair artist: Vienna |
| Valerie Rossacher | ... | crowd |
| Martha Ruess | ... | makeup hair supervisor: Vienna / special makeup effects artist |
| Karin Ruthardt | ... | makeup hair artist: Vienna |
| Flora Schwinger | ... | makeup hair trainee: Vienna |
| Friederike Schäfer | ... | makeup hair artist: Berlin |
| Daniela Skala | ... | key makeup artist / makeup and hair design |
| Susanne Weichesmiller | ... | makeup hair artist: Vienna |
| Anne Weinberger | ... | makeup hair artist: Vienna |
| Luise Wolff | ... | makeup hair trainee: Berlin |
| Jasmin Wörister | ... | additional makeup hair artist: crowd - Vienna |
Production Management
| Marius Ehlayil | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Ole Nicolaisen | ... | production manager: Germany |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Annika Birgel | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
| Oliver Arndt | ... | standby painter |
| Aaron Crookes | ... | assistant property master |
| Caspar Frey | ... | set designer |
| Stefan Henkes | ... | set dresser |
| Arne Jysch | ... | storyboard artist |
| Katharina Kluge | ... | art department coordinator |
| Kirsten Lieboldt | ... | property master |
| Nele-Tabea Reineke | ... | graphic designer |
| Till Sennhenn | ... | stand-by props |
| Oliver-Markus Waimann | ... | painter |
Sound Department
| Lena Beck | ... | assistant re-recording mixer / foley editor |
| Bernhard Maurer | ... | foley mixer |
| Jan Petzold | ... | sound designer |
| Fabian Schmidt | ... | dialogue editor |
| Michael Stancyk | ... | foley artist |
| Martin Steyer | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Moritz Unger | ... | adr recordist |
| Daniel Vogl | ... | head of ARRI sound |
| Gunnar Voigt | ... | sound |
| Ismat Zaidi | ... | postproduction producer sound |
| Roberto Cappannelli | ... | re-recording mixer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Paul Brandhofer | ... | special effects technician: Austria |
| Tissi Brandhofer | ... | special effects supervisor: Austria |
| Lion David Bogus | ... | special effects foreman |
| Martin Goeres | ... | armourer supervisor / special effects supervisor |
| Max Kramer | ... | senior special effects technician |
| Jeremy O'Brian | ... | special effects technician |
| Maximilian Raschke | ... | special effects assistant |
| Johara Raukamp | ... | special effects coordinator / special effects foreman |
| Erwin Reichel | ... | special effects technician: Austria |
| Gerhard Salem | ... | special effects technician: Austria |
| Harry Siebler | ... | special effects technician: Austria |
| Christian Singer | ... | special effects technician: Austria |
| Robert Thürmann | ... | special effects assistant (as Robert Alex) / special effects assistant |
| Robin Witt | ... | special effects assistant: Austria |
Visual Effects by
| Sophie Aktas | ... | Management Assistant: TRIXTER |
| Dennis Albus | ... | head of pipeline: Trixter |
| Paul Andexel | ... | digital intermediate supervisor: ARRI Mitte Berlin |
| Steven Archondakis | ... | it manager: Trixter |
| Radu Arsith | ... | head of CG: Trixter |
| Remus Avram | ... | senior devops and system engineer: Trixter |
| Konstantin Borchert | ... | compositor: Trixter |
| Dominik Burbaum | ... | rigging artist: Trixter |
| Christina Caspers-Roemer | ... | head of hr & operations: Trixter |
| Jale Cengil | ... | animator: Trixter |
| Mirela Costache | ... | vfx recruiter: Trixter |
| Meike Deutscher | ... | dmp artist: Trixter |
| Michael Dohne | ... | compositing supervisor: Trixter |
| Ramona Dominick | ... | production manager: Trixter |
| Omar Faruque | ... | system administrator: Trixter |
| Jurica Fejer | ... | desktop support technician: Trixter |
| Martín Garcia Fernandez | ... | render wrangler: Trixter |
| Thibaud Fond | ... | modelling/texturing artist: TRIXTER |
| Veronica Medina Garciadiego | ... | resource manager: Trixter |
| Michael Habenicht | ... | lead compositing td: Trixter |
| Walid ben Henda | ... | matchmove artist: Trixter |
| Thomas Hiebler | ... | dmp artist: TRIXTER |
| Neha Hooda | ... | vfx executive producer: Pixstone Images |
| Julius Ihle | ... | head of lighting: Trixter |
| Frank Jentner | ... | dmp artist: Trixter |
| Dziga Kaiser | ... | dmp artist: Trixter |
| Jakob Kardoeus | ... | compositor: Trixter |
| Lukasz Kataoka | ... | junior modeler: Trixter |
| Rico Koschmitzky | ... | pipeline td: Trixter |
| Iwona Krainer | ... | vfx recruiter: Trixter |
| Simone Kraus Townsend | ... | managing director: Trixter |
| Fridtjof Kühn | ... | animation td: Trixter |
| Martin Lapp | ... | fx lead: Trixter |
| Svetozar Lebedyev | ... | vfx editor: Trixter |
| Gonzalo Moyano Fernandez | ... | compositor: TRIXTER |
| Stefan Müller | ... | compositor: Trixter |
| Christine Neumann | ... | head of production: Trixter |
| Sandra Nowak | ... | accountant: Trixter |
| Michael Oberhofer | ... | render wrangler: TRIXTER |
| Frieda Oberlin | ... | Head of Production |
| Philipp Orgassa | ... | digital colorist |
| Markus Oswald | ... | modelling/texturing artist: Trixter |
| Jittiyaporn Patjuthane | ... | accountant: Trixter |
| Inese Pavlova | ... | production secretary: Trixter |
| João Miguel Pereira | ... | lighting/look dev artist: Trixter |
| Ivan Pulido Suarez | ... | fx artist: Trixter |
| Christian Pundschus | ... | compositor: Trixter |
| Franzisca Puppe | ... | vfx executive producer: Trixter |
| Yuliya Sakovich | ... | production secretary: Trixter |
| Tobias Sautter | ... | fx artist: Trixter |
| Marlies Schacherl | ... | vfx producer: Trixter |
| Andreas Schuster | ... | pipeline td: Trixter |
| Maryna Shuklina | ... | vfx editor: Trixter |
| Christian Sommer | ... | managing director: Trixter / vfx executive producer: Trixter |
| Divya Tandon | ... | vfx recruiter: Trixter |
| Solene Tchijakoff | ... | vfx coordinator: Trixter |
| Claus Tropitzsch | ... | head of finance: Trixter |
| Julian Utz | ... | fx artist: Trixter |
| Ruth Wiegand | ... | head of rigging: Trixter |
| Thomas Witt | ... | system administrator: Trixter |
| Kai Wolter | ... | head of production technology: Trixter |
| Michael Wortmann | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Farhad Yusufi | ... | head of assets: Trixter |
| Pedro Zuñeda Garrido | ... | pipeline developer: Trixter |
| Henrik Zähringer | ... | dmp artist: TRIXTER |
Stunts
| Martin Goeres | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Steffen Jung | ... | assistant stunt coordinator / stunt player |
| Johara Raukamp | ... | stunt department coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Karlo Barber | ... | key grip |
| Pepe Cikan | ... | Camera Trainee |
| Thomas 'Thommy' Hofmann | ... | grip (as Thomas Hofmann) |
| Tobias Jager | ... | lighting technician |
| Benjamin Klein | ... | gaffer |
| Marcus Klika | ... | dmx board operator |
| Konstantin Kranfuss | ... | grip assistant |
| Alexandra Kuntze | ... | second assistant camera |
| Marcos Pieta | ... | assistant camera |
| Christian Saure | ... | digital imaging technician / video assist operator |
| Robert Stopfer | ... | camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator |
| Julia Terjung | ... | still photographer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Katharina Forcher | ... | assistant costume designer |
Music Department
| Andreas Lange | ... | orchestrator |
| Andreas Vierziger | ... | classical music consultant |
Script and Continuity Department
| Silke Engelhardt | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Karl Bergbauer | ... | BBF funding |
| Josef Brandmaier | ... | BBF funding |
| Anna Brückner | ... | production coordinator |
| Manfred Burger | ... | BBF funding |
| Anita Erletz | ... | production accountant |
| Ulrich Fuchs | ... | legal counsel |
| Robert Link | ... | BBF funding |
| Michael Nigg | ... | BBF funding |
Production Companies
- Walker Worm Film
- ARD Degeto Film (co-production)
- Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (co-production)
- Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft (co-production)
- StudioCanal Germany (co-production)
Distributors
- Constantin-Film (2021) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Film Movement (2021) (United States) (theatrical)
- Pathé Films (2021) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Provzglyad (2021) (Russia) (theatrical)
- StudioCanal Germany (2021) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Alfa Pictures (2022) (Spain)
- Angel Films (2021) (Denmark)
- Arthaus (2022) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Arthaus (2022) (Germany) (DVD)
- Filmarti (2021) (Turkey)
- Videomite (2021) (Turkey) (video) (VOD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- ARRI Media (post-production sound services)
- ARRI Rental (camera equipment provided by)
- Bayerischer Banken-Fonds (funding)
- Ernst Leitz Wetzlar (manufacturer: Leitz M 0.8 lenses)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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. Written by Canon y mus |
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