Die Grünstein-Variante

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Die Grünstein-Variante (1985)

Directed by Bernhard Wicki

Drama · 1h 45m

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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Cast

Klaus Schwarzkopf Grieche Fred Düren Grünstein Rolf Hoppe Gefängnisdirektor Jörg Gudzuhn Lodek Arno Wyzniewski Kaminski Rolf Ludwig Garstecki Willi Schrade Wärter
H
Hubert Gleissner Wärter

Crew

Director
Bernhard Wicki
Screenplay
Bernhard Wicki, Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Director of Photography
Edward Kłosiński
Editor
Tanja Schmidbauer

Details

Release date
1985-04-19
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Germany