Brainwashed

Year: 1960

Runtime: 102 mins

Language: German

Director: Gerd Oswald

Drama

After being seized by the Nazis in 1938, Austrian intellectual Werner von Basil is subjected to brutal interrogation aimed at forcing a confession to smuggling charges. Deprived of any mental stimulation, he turns to an old chess tactics book, the sole refuge that keeps his mind sharp and his spirit resilient.

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