

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.
Gerd Oswald
First Officer

Albert Lieven
Hartmann

Dietmar Schönherr
Rabbi

Wolfgang Wahl
Mondgesicht
Albert Bessler
Scientist

Alan Gifford
Mac Iver