6.8

Brainwashed
Released
1h 42m
9/2/1960
de - DE
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
Drama
Actors

Curd Jürgens
Werner von Basil

Claire Bloom
Irene Andreny

Hansjörg Felmy
Hans Berger

Mario Adorf
Mirko Centowic

Hans Söhnker
Bishop Ambrosse

Rudolf Forster
Hotelmanager

Jan Hendriks
First Officer

Albert Lieven
Hartmann

Dietmar Schönherr
Rabbi

Wolfgang Wahl
Mondgesicht

Albert Bessler
Scientist

Alan Gifford
Mac Iver

Harald Maresch
Ballet Master

Karl Stepanek
Baranow

Dorothea Wieck
Countess (uncredited)

Rijk de Gooyer
Secretary (uncredited)

Susanne Körber-Harlan
Young Woman (uncredited)