Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte
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Directed by | Wolfgang Petersen |
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Produced by | Georg Althammer |
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Cinematography | Jörg-Michael Baldenius |
Edited by | Johannes Nikel |
Music by | Klaus Doldinger |
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Release date | 13 September 1978 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (Black and White Like Day and Night) is a West German film from 1978 directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Bruno Ganz.
Plot
A scientist, who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program. But the Russian world champ beats Tommy Rosemund's masterwork in a televised match. So the West German mathematician becomes a top chess pro himself, which the West German media boast will prove the superiority of Germany and democracy. The jowly, white-faced Rosemund believes that the entire Red Communist bloc is out to stop him from vanquishing their atheist pretty boy, Stefan Koruga, to become the next Bobby Fischer and a symbol that capitalism is preferable to socialism.
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- 1978 films
- 1978 television films
- German drama films
- West German films
- German television films
- German-language films
- German-language television programs
- Films about chess
- 1970s psychological drama films
- Films directed by Wolfgang Petersen
- Films scored by Klaus Doldinger
- 1978 drama films
- 1970s German film stubs
- Drama television film stubs