
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.
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
Unknown
Sandi Čolnik
Unknown
France Severkar
Unknown

Matija Barl
Unknown
Crew

Wolfgang Petersen
Director
Jochen Wedegärtner
Screenplay
Karl Heinz Willschrei
Screenplay
Hannes Nikel
Editor
Jörg-Michael Baldenius
Director of Photography
Maria-Antoinette Borgel
First Assistant Director
Peter Zobec
Second Assistant Director
Georg Althammer
Producer

Gunther Witte
Producer
Udo Drebelow
Assistant Camera
Nikola Hoeltz
Costume Design
Isolde Nist
Costume Design
Ruth Geisenhofer
Makeup Artist
Willi Schwadorf
Sound Mixer
Ed Parente
Sound

Klaus Doldinger
Original Music Composer
Margrit Schachtschneider
Script Supervisor
Elfi Seybold-Zwiercz
Production Manager
O. Jochen Schmidt
Art Direction
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