Film Dope

Schachnovelle

Brainwashed

1960

W.Germany

Gerd Oswald Director
Allied Artists US Distributor
Neue Filmverleih W. German Distirbutor

Man held in isolation by Nazis maintains his sanity through a book of chess moves.

Generally fine adaptation of Stefan Zweig's novella The Royal Game, bolstered by an excellent performance by Jürgens.
-Dave W.


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	Schachnovelle 16th September 1960 Cinema 102 mins 1.37:1
	Brainwashed 25th June 1961 Cinema 102 mins 1.37:1

	Curd Jürgens Werner von Basil
	Claire Bloom Irene Andreny
	Hansjörg Felmy Hans Berger
	Mario Adorf Mirko Centowic
	Albert Bessler Wissenschaftler [Academic]
	Rudolf Forster Hotel-Geschäftsführer [Hotel Manager]
	Alan Gifford Mac Iver
	Jan Hendriks 1. Offizier [First Officer]
	Albert Lieven Hartmann
	Harald Maresch Balletmeister [Ballet Master]
	Dietmar Schönherr Rabbiner [Rabbi]
	Karel Stepanek Baranow
	Wolfgang Wahl Mondgesicht [Moonface]
	Hans Söhnker Bischof Ambroß [Bishop Ambrosse]
	Rainer Brandt Voice: 1. Offizier (uncredited)
	Robert Dietl Steward (uncredited)
	Susanne Körber-Harlan Junge Dame (uncredited)
	Dorothea Wieck Gräfin (uncredited)
	Rijk de Gooyer Bergers Sekretär (uncredited)

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