Black and White Like Day and Night

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Writers

Jochen Wedegärtner, Karl Heinz Willschrei

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

10 October 1978

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Bruno Ganz

  Thomas Rosemund

• 

  Gila von Weitershausen

  Marie Rosemund

• 

  Ljuba Tadić

  Stefan Koruga

• Gudrun Vaupel

  Mutter Rosemund

• 

  Alexander Hegarth

  Vater Rosemund

• Joachim Wichmann

  Grünfeld

• 

  René Deltgen

  Lindford

• Alexis von Hagemeister

  Wilke

• Markus Helis

  Thomas als Kind

• Elke Schuessler

  Marie als Kind

• Eberhard Stanjek

  Moderator

• Annemarie Wendl

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