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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.
Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
Josef Bek
Rudolf Deyl
Ota Sklenčka
Radovan Lukavský
Stella Zázvorková
Vladimír Branislav
Josef Zíma
Vladimír Hrubý
Jan Bobek
Karel Pavlík
Lubomír Lipský
Nina Jiránková
Otto Budín
Zdeněk Jelínek
Storyline
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.
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