

02/09/1960
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.

Curd Jürgens
as Werner von Basil

Claire Bloom
as Irene Andreny

Hansjörg Felmy
as Hans Berger

Mario Adorf
as Mirko Centowic

Hans Söhnker
as Bishop Ambrosse

Rudolf Forster
as Hotelmanager

Jan Hendriks
as First Officer

Albert Lieven
as Hartmann

Dietmar Schönherr
as Rabbi

Wolfgang Wahl
as Mondgesicht

Albert Bessler
as Scientist

Alan Gifford
as Mac Iver

Harald Maresch
as Ballet Master

Karl Stepanek
as Baranow

Dorothea Wieck
as Countess (uncredited)

Rijk de Gooyer
as Secretary (uncredited)

Susanne Körber-Harlan
as Young Woman (uncredited)
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