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Black and White Like Day and Night (1978)
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Drama, TV Movie · 1h 43m
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
G
Gudrun Vaupel
Mutter Rosemund
Alexander Hegarth
Vater Rosemund
J
Joachim Wichmann
Grünfeld
René Deltgen
Lindford
A
Alexis von Hagemeister
Wilke
M
Markus Helis
Thomas als Kind
E
Elke Schuessler
Marie als Kind
E
Eberhard Stanjek
Moderator
A
Annemarie Wendl
Ärztin
Crew
- Director
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Screenplay
- Jochen Wedegärtner, Karl Heinz Willschrei
- Director of Photography
- Jörg-Michael Baldenius
- Original Music Composer
- Klaus Doldinger
- Editor
- Hannes Nikel
- Producer
- Georg Althammer, Gunther Witte
Details
- Original title
- Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte
- Release date
- 1978-10-10
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Monaco Film