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The Royal Game

Name: The Royal Game
Genre: Drama
Released: 2021
Duration: 112 min
Cast: Oliver Masucci, Birgit Minichmayr, Albrecht Schuch, Andreas Lust, Samuel Finzi

Taste attributes: dramathrillerwarunsavouryheavyrealisticgrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"He turned resistance into a game"

Boxlist takeHeavy and realistic: an emotional drama, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.8 /10

TMDB · 25 votes

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What lines up

Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
Originality: Balanced originality, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

1938. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains steadfast and refuses to cooperate with the Gestapo that requires confidential information from him. Thrown into solitary confinement, Bartok is psychologically tormented for months and begins to weaken. However, when he steals an old book about chess it sets him on course to overcome the mental suffering inflicted upon him, until it becomes a dangerous obsession.

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