1960
6.8 (12 votes)
1h 42m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Roxy Film
Brainwashed (Schachnovelle)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Gerd Oswald
Producer: Luggi Waldleitner
Director of Photography: Günther Senftleben
Writer: Harold Medford, Gerd Oswald, Herbert Reinecker
