Šach mat

Name: Šach mat
Director: Alfréd Radok
Genre: Drama
Released: 1964-09-02
Duration: 1 h 5 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Josef Bek, Rudolf Deyl, Ota Sklenčka, Radovan Lukavský

1964

1h 5m

Drama

Director: Alfréd Radok

Writer: Alfréd Radok

Overview

A live, semi-documentary TV broadcast investigates why former prisoner Dr. Benet collapsed after defeating world chess champion Mirko Čentovič aboard the ship Victoria. The crew stages a detailed reconstruction of the fateful game on deck, interviews witnesses to piece together events, and deliberately blurs fact and fiction to draw viewers into Benet’s psychological unraveling and the deeper mysteries behind his victory.