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Stellar Moments of Humankind: The World of Stefan Zweig in Cinema
The Royal Game

Germany, Austria | 2021 | 112 mins | DCP | Colour
In German with English Subtitles

Director: Philipp Stölzl
Cast: Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr

Awards

  • Best Actor and Best Production, Bavarian Film Awards
  • Best Costume Design, German Film Awards 2021
Nominations
  • Outstanding Feature Film, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects, German Film Awards 2021

"People and events don't disappoint us; our models of reality do."

Shortly after handing in the manuscript in 1942, Stefan Zweig chooses suicide together with his wife. This last work is also his most famous: a swan song to the values of the once proud European culture. The remake now focuses on the story of Dr. B and his time in solitary confinement at Gestapo headquarters in Vienna. There, by chance, he comes across a chess book and learns entire games by heart ... Unlike earlier film adaptations, Stölzl adheres less meticulously to the original: the depiction of the physical and mental collapse of an elite class that believes it is immune from the mob until the very end is just one of the new accents that SCHACHNOVELLE anno 2021 sets.

- Florian Widegger / Programme Director, Filmarchiv Austria


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The Royal Game

22 July (Fri) 19:45
Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
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