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The Royal Game (also known as Chess Story; in the original German Schachnovelle, "Chess Novella") is a novella by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig written in 1941, the year before the author's death by suicide.
- Stefan Zweig
- 1943
Sep 23, 2021 · Play trailer 1:58. 2 Videos. 9 Photos. Drama Thriller War. To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis finds refuge in the world of chess. Director. Philipp Stölzl. Writers. Eldar Grigorian. Stefan Zweig. Stars. Oliver Masucci. Dieter Bernhardt. Elias Gabele. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY.
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- Drama, Thriller, War
- Philipp Stölzl
- 2021-09-23
Dec 3, 2021 · STUDIOCANAL International. 11.5K subscribers. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo.
- 2 min
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- STUDIOCANAL
Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942.
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- Paperback
There's an informative and thoughtful introduction by John Fowles, followed by 5 of Zweig's finest novellas - 'The Royal Game' (aka 'Chess'), 'Amok', 'The Burning Secret', 'Fear' and 'Letter From An Unknown Woman'. Zweig was a true master of the novella, and every one of these is compulsive reading.
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- Paperback
Mar 22, 2012 · The royal game & other stories by Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942; Fowles, John, 1926-2005; Sutcliffe, Jill
Apr 25, 2022 · By HANNAH BROWN. APRIL 25, 2022 19:41. OLIVER MASUCCI as Josef Bartok in ‘The Royal Game.’. (photo credit: Nachshon Films) Stefan Zweig was an acclaimed Austrian-Jewish author who, after...
