Werner von Basil (a Austrian intellectual) was captured by the Nazi in 1938. The 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.
| Directing | Gerd Oswald | Director |
| Production | Luggi Waldleitner | Producer |
| Editing | K.M. Eckstein | Editor |
| Writing | Harold Medford | Writer |
| Writing | Gerd Oswald | Writer |
| Writing | Stefan Zweig | Novel |
| Sound | Hans-Martin Majewski | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Günther Senftleben | Director of Photography |
