Schachnovelle (1960)
Werner von Basil (een Oostenrijkse intellectueel) werd in 1938 door de nazi's gevangengenomen. Ze willen hem breken om smokkel te bekennen. Zonder enige geestelijke voeding is het enige dat zijn geest bezighoudt een oud tactiek boek voor schaken.
Regiseur: Gerd Oswald
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Curd Jürgens as Werner von Basil |
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Claire Bloom as Irene Andreny |
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Hansjörg Felmy as Hans Berger |
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Mario Adorf as Mirko Centowic |
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Hans Söhnker as Bishop Ambrosse |
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Rudolf Forster as Hotelmanager |
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Jan Hendriks as First Officer |
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Albert Lieven as Hartmann |
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Dietmar Schönherr as Rabbi |
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Wolfgang Wahl as Mondgesicht |
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Albert Bessler as Scientist |
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Alan Gifford as Mac Iver |
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Harald Maresch as Ballet Master |
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Karl Stepanek as Baranow |
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Dorothea Wieck as Countess (uncredited) |
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Rijk de Gooyer as Secretary (uncredited) |
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Susanne Körber-Harlan as Young Woman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Gerd Oswald | Director |
| Production | Luggi Waldleitner | Producer |
| Sound | Hans-Martin Majewski | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | K.M. Eckstein | Editor |
| Writing | Stefan Zweig | Novel |
| Camera | Günther Senftleben | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Harold Medford | Writer |
| Writing | Gerd Oswald | Writer |
| Writing | Herbert Reinecker | Writer |
| Crew | Rudolf Teschner | Technical Advisor |
| Art | Wolf Englert | Production Design |
| Camera | Franz Hofer | Camera Operator |
| Production | Fritz Anton | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franz Mayrhofer | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gerda Scholz-Grosse | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Johannes J. Frank | Production Manager |
| Editing | Barbara Riedel | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Bernhard Reicherts | Sound |
| Production | Willy Schöne | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ursula Stutz | Costume Designer |
| Art | Ernst Richter | Production Design |
| Directing | Wolfgang Bellenbaum | Assistant Director |