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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.
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.
Cast
- Rudolf Hrušínský
- Josef Bek
- Rudolf Deyl
- Ota Sklenčka
- Radovan Lukavský
- Stella Zázvorková
- Vladimír Branislav
- Josef Zíma
- Vladimír Hrubý
- Jan Bobek
- Karel Pavlík
- Lubomír Lipský
- Nina Jiránková
- Otto Budín
- Zdeněk Jelínek
- Otto Lackovič
- Richard Honzovič
Director
- Alfréd Radok
