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  • 2023
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  • 1 h 50 m
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Summary Vienna, 1938: Austria is occupied by the Nazis. Dr. Josef Bartok (Oliver Masucci) is preparing to flee to America with his wife Anna when he is arrested by the Gestapo. As a former notary to the deposed Austrian aristocracy, he is told to help the local Gestapo leader gain access to their private bank accounts in order to fund the Nazi r...

Directed By: Philipp Stölzl

Written By: Eldar Grigorian, Stefan Zweig

  • 2023
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2023
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 50 m

Chess Story

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Vienna, 1938: Austria is occupied by the Nazis. Dr. Josef Bartok (Oliver Masucci) is preparing to flee to America with his wife Anna when he is arrested by the Gestapo. As a former notary to the deposed Austrian aristocracy, he is told to help the local Gestapo leader gain access to their private bank accounts in order to fund the Nazi r...

Directed By: Philipp Stölzl

Written By: Eldar Grigorian, Stefan Zweig

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90
Jan 12, 2023
Chess Story is a nerve-scraping exercise in grand deception.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 19, 2023
Although the blandly nondescript title doesn’t exactly suggest the promise of deep intrigue, Philipp Stölzl’s Chess Story masterfully confounds expectations as a tautly calibrated, intricately constructed Chinese puzzle of a period drama set during Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 13, 2023
Chess Story is a subtle, soft-spoken killer of a film. It’s absolutely worth your time if you like World War II-era dramas. Seek it out.
By Benjamin Franz FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 9, 2023
That’s what Chess Story is, mournful and just cryptic enough to leave you guessing what you just saw, but touched, engaged and intrigued by it, comfortable in realizing that over-explaining is not necessary and would spoil some of the fun.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 9, 2023
Philipp Stölzl craftily melds the genres of period drama and psychological thriller, not for the purposes of reheated nostalgia, but to shed a cold light on the recursions of historical trauma.
By William Repass FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Walker Worm Film, ARD Degeto Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft, StudioCanal Germany
Release Date Jan 13, 2023
Duration 1 h 50 m
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Website https://www.arabuloku.com/satranc-kitabi-ozeti-satranc-romani-ozeti.html
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Awards

German Film Awards
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Austrian Film Award, AT
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Bavarian Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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