A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program. But the Russian world champ beats Tommy Rosemund's masterwork in a televised match. So the West German mathematician becomes a top chess pro himself, which the West German media boast will prove the superiority of Germany and democracy. The jowly, white-faced Rosemund believes that the entire Red Communist bloc is out to stop him from vanquishing their atheist pretty boy, Stefan Koruga, to become the next Bobby Fischer and a symbol that capitalism is preferable to socialism.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
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Cast
Bruno Ganz
Thomas Rosemund
Gila von Weitershausen
Marie Rosemund
Ljuba Tadić
Stefan Koruga
Gudrun Vaupel
Mutter Rosemund
Alexander Hegarth
Vater Rosemund
Joachim Wichmann
Grünfeld
René Deltgen
Lindford
Alexis von Hagemeister
Wilke
Markus Helis
Thomas als Kind
Elke Schuessler
Marie als Kind
Eberhard Stanjek
Moderator
Annemarie Wendl
Ärztin
Anton Petje
Sandi Čolnik
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