Werner von Basil (a Austrian intellectual) was captured by the Nazi in 1938. The 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 | Werner von Basil |
Claire Bloom | Irene Andreny |
Hansjörg Felmy | Hans Berger |
Mario Adorf | Mirko Centowic |
Hans Söhnker | Bishop Ambrosse |
Rudolf Forster | Hotelmanager |
Jan Hendriks | Erster Offizier |
Albert Lieven | Hartmann |
Dietmar Schönherr | Rabbi |
Wolfgang Wahl | Mondgesicht |
Albert Bessler | Wissenschaftler |
Dorothea Wieck | Gräfin |