Black and White Like Day and Night

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.

Genre:

Drama, TV Movie

Duration:

103 min

Cast:

Bruno Ganz, Gila von Weitershausen, Ljuba Tadić

Quality:

HD

Director:

Wolfgang Petersen

Release:

1978

Country:

Germany

Rating:

6.3