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Chess Story

2021 · Movie · 110 min· Updated May 2026
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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.

Chess Story is a film that explores themes of chess, world war ii, playing chess.

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Philipp Stölzl

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Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Lassgård, Andreas Lust, Samuel Finzi, Lukas Miko, Joel Basman, Clemens Berndorff, Johannes Zeiler

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Chess Story

2021•⭐ 6.9•110 min•Updated May 2026
🌐German

You can watch Chess Story (2021) for free on Hoopla, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

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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.

Chess Story is a film that explores themes of chess, world war ii, playing chess.

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Philipp Stölzl

Cast

Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Rolf Lassgård, Andreas Lust, Samuel Finzi, Lukas Miko, Joel Basman, Clemens Berndorff, Johannes Zeiler

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