Chess Story Movie 2023, Official Trailer, Release Date, HD Poster & Cast Name

Genre: War, History, Drama

Language: German

Director: Philipp Stölzl

Producer:  Tobias Walker, Philipp Worm, Danny Krausz

Writer: Eldar Grigorian

Release date: January 13, 2023

Cast Name:  Oliver Masucci, Birgit Minichmayr, Albrecht Schuch, Moritz von Treuenfels, Carl Achleitner, Clemens Berndorff

Where to Watch: Nearby Theaters

 Chess Story Movie 2023, Official Trailer, Release Date, HD Poster

Vienna, 1938: Austria is occupied by the Nazis. Dr Josef Bartok (Oliver Masucci) is preparing to flee to America with his wife Anna when he is arrested by the Gestapo. As a former notary to the deposed Austrian aristocracy, he is told to help the local Gestapo leader gain access to their private bank accounts in order to fund the Nazi regime. Refusing to cooperate, Bartok is locked in solitary confinement. Just as his mind is beginning to crack, Bartok happens upon a book of famous chess games. To withstand the torture of isolation, Bartok disappears into the world of chess, maintaining his sanity only by memorizing every move. As the action flashes forward to a transatlantic crossing on which he is a passenger, it seems as though Bartok has finally found freedom. But recounting his story to his fellow travellers, it’s clear that his encounters with both the Gestapo and the royal game itself have not stopped haunting him. Adapted with opulent attention to period detail by filmmaker and opera director Philipp Stölzl, CHESS STORY brings Stefan Zweig’s stirring final novella to life.