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| Lavish Period Drama CHESS STORY arrives on DVD and Digital April 11 from Film Movement | ||||||
 A Lawyer Imprisoned by the Nazis Finds Refuge in the Game of Kings in CHESS STORY, a Lavish Period Drama Starring Dark's Oliver Masucci, Arriving on DVD/Digital on April 11, 2023 from Film Movement.SYNOPSIS Vienna, 1938: Austria is occupied by the Nazis. Dr. Josef Bartok (Oliver Masucci) is preparing to flee to America when he is arrested by the Gestapo. As a former notary to the deposed Austrian aristocracy, he is instructed to hand over access to their private bank accounts. Refusing to cooperate, Bartok is locked in solitary confinement by the local secret police operative Böhm (Albrecht Schuch). Just as his mind is beginning to crack, he happens upon a book of famous chess matches. To withstand the torture of isolation, Bartok disappears into the world of chess, maintaining his fragile sanity only by memorizing every move. 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 featuring an impressive ensemble cast featuring Masucci (When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Never Look Away, Look Who’s Back), Schuch (Berlin Alexanderplatz, System Crasher, “Bad Banks”), Birgit Minichmayr (3 Days in Quiberon, The Goldfish, Everyone Else) and Rolf Lassgård (A Man Called Ove). BONUS FEATURES - Introductory Essay by writer and curator Larry List - Bonus Short Film -- Der Tunnel (Directed by Christoph Daniel and Marc Schmidheiny | Germany, Switzerland | German with English subtitles| 10 minutes) A student on a train finds himself in an existential dilemma when the tunnel he is traveling through never seems to end. For more information, visit: * Amazon: https://amzn.to/3nqciWT * Trailer: YouTube.com * Website: FilmMovement.com |
