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
Wolfgang Wahl
as Mondgesicht
Dorothea Wieck
as Countess (uncredited)
Rijk de Gooyer
as Secretary (uncredited)
Mario Adorf
as Mirko Centowic
Hans Söhnker
as Bishop Ambrosse
Albert Bessler
as Scientist
Karl Stepanek
as Baranow
Alan Gifford
as Mac Iver
Curd Jürgens
as Werner von Basil
Claire Bloom
as Irene Andreny
Hansjörg Felmy
as Hans Berger
Rudolf Forster
as Hotelmanager
Jan Hendriks
as First Officer
Albert Lieven
as Hartmann
Dietmar Schönherr
as Rabbi
