Movie · 1960
Brainwashed
Released 2 September 1960 More from 1960 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Hans Söhnker
as Bishop Ambrosse
Albert Bessler
as Scientist
Albert Lieven
as Hartmann
Dorothea Wieck
as Countess (uncredited)
Curd Jürgens
as Werner von Basil
Harald Maresch
as Ballet Master
Wolfgang Wahl
as Mondgesicht
Jan Hendriks
as First Officer
Claire Bloom
as Irene Andreny
Mario Adorf
as Mirko Centowic
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The numbers
27years between the oldest and youngest billed
56Hans Söhnker — oldest on the call sheet
29Mario Adorf — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast