25 Nov 1938
The Chess Player
A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist who is being hunted by occupying Russian forces.
Die Grünstein-Variante
The plot revolves around three men waiting to be deported in a prison. To escape the monotony, they form chess pieces from their bread rations, with which they then play against each other. Grünstein, a Polish Jew, proves to be a real talent, because although he is a beginner, he manages to defeat even the experienced player Lodeck, a German sailor, with his "Grünstein Variant".
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Klaus Schwarzkopf Grieche
Fred Düren Grünstein
Rolf Hoppe Gefängnisdirektor
Jörg Gudzuhn Lodek
Arno Wyzniewski Kaminski
Rolf Ludwig Garstecki
Willi Schrade Wärter
Hubert Gleissner Wärter
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