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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.

1h 5m1964TMDb 5.0

Czech

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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.

  • Československá televize

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Status
Released
Released
2 September 1964
Runtime
1h 5m
TMDB score
5.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Production

Director
Alfréd Radok
Studios
Československá televize
Countries
Czechoslovakia

Languages

Original
Czech
Spoken
Czech