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19641h 5mNo ratings yet

Drama

Overview

A live, semi-documentary TV broadcast investigates why former prisoner Dr. Benet collapsed after defeating world chess champion Mirko Čentovič aboard the ship Victoria. The crew stages a detailed reconstruction of the fateful game on deck, interviews witnesses to piece together events, and deliberately blurs fact and fiction to draw viewers into Benet’s psychological unraveling and the deeper mysteries behind his victory.

Keywords

based on novel or book
mockumentary

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 2, 1964
Original language: Czech
Spoken languages: Czech
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Československá televize
Cast: Radovan Lukavský,Ota Sklenčka,Rudolf Hrušínský,Vladimír Hrubý,Karel Pavlík,Lubomír Lipský,Nina Jiránková,Josef Bek,Otto Lackovič,Rudolf Deyland 7 more
Director: Alfréd Radok
Writer: Alfréd Radok,Stefan Zweig
Cinematography: Vladimír Opletal
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt5789834