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Black and White Like Day and Night

1978 1 hour 43 minutes
64/100

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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.

Released

10th October 1978

47 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 43 minutes

Finishes at 8:14pm

Ratings and awards

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    6.8/10

  • TMDb Logo

    59%

  • Trakt Logo

    65%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    64%

Directed by

Wolfgang Petersen

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Written by

Jochen Wedegärtner, Karl Heinz Willschrei

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