- HD 1080
- Runtime: 111m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: de
- Country: Austria, Germany
- Director: Philipp Stölzl
- Stars: Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Lassgård, Andreas Lust
- keywords: chess, playing chess
- Production_studio: Walker & Worm Film, Dor Film, BR, ARD Degeto, ORF, StudioCanal, Studio Babelsberg, ARD
- Slogan: He turned resistance into a game
- providers: Film Movement Plus
- The Chess Story is featured in the top rankings of 2021
- #62 in Top Thriller Movies of 2021
- #13 in Top War Movies of 2021
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.