Directed by Wolfgang Petersen Music by Klaus Doldinger | Produced by Georg Althammer Cinematography Jörg-Michael Baldenius | |
Written by Karl Heinz Willschrei (de)
Jochen Wedegärtner (de)
Wolfgang Petersen Starring Bruno Ganz,
René Deltgen,
Gila von Weitershausen,
Ljuba Tadić | ||
Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (English: Black and White Like Day and Night) is a West German film from 1978 directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Bruno Ganz.
Plot
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.