Tuesday, August 30, 2022

The struggle against the error

It's 1938. Adolf Hitler gains ground, nazi troops march into Austria. In Vienna an aristocratic jew, a lawyer Dr. Josef Bartok tries to escape to the USA but is arrested by the Gestapo. While imprisoned, he successfully steals a random book. A chess book. The tricks and magic of the game save him from the horrific mental torture. Makes a harrowing drama too. Oliver Masucci as the doctor is downright amazing.

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Circle of funeral pyres

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