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Film / 1960
Brainwashed
Directed by
Gerd Oswald
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
The story
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
Cast
Curd JürgensWerner von Basil
Claire BloomIrene Andreny
Hansjörg FelmyHans Berger
Mario AdorfMirko Centowic
Hans SöhnkerBishop Ambrosse
Rudolf ForsterHotelmanager
Jan HendriksFirst Officer
Albert LievenHartmann
Dietmar SchönherrRabbi
Wolfgang WahlMondgesicht
Albert BesslerScientist
Alan GiffordMac Iver
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