Brainwashed

Brainwashed

102 mins | Drama | Sept. 16, 1960

Werner von Basil (a Austrian intellectual) was captured by the Nazi in 1938. The want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.

Brainwashed

102 mins | Drama | Sept. 16, 1960

Brainwashed
Werner von Basil (a Austrian intellectual) was captured by the Nazi in 1938. The want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Roxy Film
Original title Schachnovelle
Directors Gerd Oswald
Writers Harold Medford, Stefan Zweig, Gerd Oswald

Cast

Curd Jürgens

as Werner von Basil

Claire Bloom

as Irene Andreny

Hansjörg Felmy

as Hans Berger

Mario Adorf

as Mirko Centowic

Hans Söhnker

as Bishop Ambrosse

Rudolf Forster

as Hotelmanager

Jan Hendriks

as Erster Offizier

Albert Lieven

as Hartmann

Wolfgang Wahl

as Mondgesicht

Albert Bessler

as Wissenschaftler

Dorothea Wieck

as Gräfin