Brainwashed
Schachnovelle
Release: 1960-09-02
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 6.8
Drama
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They 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.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Roxy Film
Cast
Albert Lieven
as Hartmann
Wolfgang Wahl
as Mondgesicht
Alan Gifford
as Mac Iver
Rijk de Gooyer
as Secretary (uncredited)
Curd Jürgens
as Werner von Basil
Hans Söhnker
as Bishop Ambrosse
Dietmar Schönherr
as Rabbi
Albert Bessler
as Scientist
Karl Stepanek
as Baranow
Claire Bloom
as Irene Andreny
Mario Adorf
as Mirko Centowic
Dorothea Wieck
as Countess (uncredited)
Hansjörg Felmy
as Hans Berger
Jan Hendriks
as First Officer
Rudolf Forster
as Hotelmanager
