The Polish national chess squad, the 'Golden Team', won the world chess championship in Hamburg in 1930, and was renamed by the German press as the 'Bombenmannschaft' ('Bomber Crew'). The film focuses on team leader, Akiba Rubinstein, alongside his fellow players Dawid Przepiórka, Ksawery Tartakower, Mieczyslaw Najdorf, Paulin Frydman and Kazimierz Makarczyk. They battle to win the trophy as well as dealing with the mental illness of Rubinstein and the outbreak of World War II. The film tracks the fate of the Polish players, some of whom are Jewish, as the Nazis occupy Poland.
Stars: Anna Matysiak, Antoni Gogółka, Beata Wnęk-Malec, Jacek Feliks Knap
Crew: Jacek Stanclik (Executive Producer), Piotr Mikołajczak (Executive Producer), Marek Bukowski (Director), Marek Bukowski (Writer), Maciej Dancewicz (Writer), Bolesław Kielak (Director of Photography)
Country: Poland
Language: Polski
Studio: Studio Basta, TVP
Runtime: 112 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 29, 2024
IMDb: 10
