A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program. But the Russian world champ beats Tommy Rosemund’s masterwork in a televised match. So the West German mathematician becomes a top chess pro himself, which the West German media boast will prove the superiority of Germany and democracy. The jowly, white-faced Rosemund believes that the entire Red Communist bloc is out to stop him from vanquishing their atheist pretty boy, Stefan Koruga, to become the next Bobby Fischer and a symbol that ruthless capitalism is preferable to socialism. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.2/10 | |
Released: | September 13, 1978 | |
Runtime: | 103 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | Monaco Film GmbH | |
Cast: | Bruno Ganz Ljuba Tadic René Deltgen Gila von Weitershausen | |
Crew: | Wolfgang Petersen Jochen Wedegärtner Karl Heinz Willschrei | |
joalex : Couldn't agree more. Seems like the writer didn't have enough time to write a proper episo...