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Chess Story

Schachnovelle

2021

Philipp Stölzl

Oliver Masucci, Rolf Lassgård, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr ...

6.0

742

Drama To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis rescues himself in the world of chess.

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times	"'Schachnovelle' masterfully confounds expectations as a tautly calibrated, intricately constructed Chinese puzzle of a period drama set during Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria"	POS
United States	William Repass Slant	"[It] craftily melds the genres of period drama and psychological thriller (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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