Schachnovelle

A lawyer arrested by the National Socialists takes refuge in the world of chess in order to escape the psychological torture of the Gestapo.

Genre

Drama

Category

Feature Film

Financing

Minority coproduction

Format

DCP, 111 Min

Release

24.09.2021

Distribution

Constantin/Studio Canal

Admissions

49.062

Funding Film Institute

458.000 €

Share of Austrian production costs

19 %

Share of total production costs

6 %

Television investment

400.000 €

Co-production

Walker + Worm Film, STUDIOCANAL FILM, ARD Degeto, BR

International funding

FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderungsanstalt, Deutscher Filmförderfonds,

sowie unter Der Mitwirkung von StUDIOCANAL FILM; ARD DARD Degeto, BR

Funding program

ÖFI

first run on ORF1 Austrian Broadcasting Service

03.07.2023

Viewers

277.000

Film location

Vienna, Germany

Shooting time

December 2019 - March 2020

Days of shooting

Completion

Winter 2020/2021

Funding institutions Austria

Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria, Filmfonds Wien

Credits

Production: DOR FILM Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Producer Austria: Daniel Krausz
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Script: Eldar Grigorian, Philipp Stölzl
DOP: Thomas W. Kiennast
Editor: Sven Budelmann
Sound engineer: Gunnar Voigt
Costume design: Tanja Hausner
Set design: Matthias Müsse
Music: Ingo Ludwig Frenzel
Cast: Oliver Masucci (Dr. Josef Bartok), Birgit Minichmayr (Anna Bartok), Albrecht Schuch (Franz-Josef Böhm), Rolf Lassgard (Owen McConnor), Andreas Lust (Johann Prantl)
Production manager: Stephanie Wagner
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), DEGETO