Release Date

10 Oct, 1978

Runtime

01:43: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte

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Actors

Bruno Ganz

Gila von Weitershausen

Ljuba Tadić

Gudrun Vaupel

Alexander Hegarth

Joachim Wichmann

René Deltgen

Alexis von Hagemeister

Markus Helis

Elke Schuessler

Eberhard Stanjek

Annemarie Wendl

Anton Petje

Sandi Čolnik

France Severkar

Matija Barl

Crew

Wolfgang Petersen

Georg Althammer

Klaus Doldinger

Hannes Nikel

O. Jochen Schmidt

Nikola Hoeltz

Isolde Nist

Jörg-Michael Baldenius

Ed Parente

Willi Schwadorf

Jochen Wedegärtner

Karl Heinz Willschrei

Gunther Witte

Ruth Geisenhofer