Curt is a prisoner. On a ship?. To avoid boredom he tears news print off the walls and makes chess men and a board . He
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madams-29 — 18 years ago(October 31, 2007 01:17 PM)
Curt is a prisoner. On a ship?. To avoid boredom he tears news print off the walls and makes chess men and a board . He works through some games.This is all I can remember. From 40's - 50's. Film or Tv not sure to young. Got me started playing chess. Would like to see this film agian.
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dixdouze — 18 years ago(December 05, 2007 05:58 AM)
The film you mean is called Schachnovelle (a West German production directed by Gerd Oswald, 1960). In it, Jrgens plays an Austrian who is tortured by the SS by meab68ns of solitary confinement. In order to avoid insanity, he steals a book about chess and eventually becomes a chess genius. The film's based on a novel by Stefan Zweig.