Black and White Like Day and Night

Name: Black and White Like Day and Night
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Released: 1978
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Gila von Weitershausen, Ljuba Tadic, Gudrun Vaupel, Alexander Hegarth

1978 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 171 VOTES · DIR. Wolfgang Petersen

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,042 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:48 Checkmate in three moves.

00:03:49 What for?

00:09:33 Do you play Chess, Dr Rosenmund?

00:11:53 ...can really literally checkmate the powers and logic of a human being.

00:15:12 Dr. Rosenmund

00:18:50 Why do you smoke, if you can't stand it?

00:21:30 Talent...

00:24:38 Was pretty stupid...

00:28:23 ...that the game be continued tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.

00:36:04 Congratulations

00:41:21 No, no... I'll stick to the rules.

00:45:52 chin-chin.

00:48:39 ...nothing of.

00:59:10 What's inside?

01:02:52 Do you play lightning?

01:06:21 Table 17:

01:09:16 I won 54...

01:12:27 What's going on?

01:15:26 how are you?

01:17:59 Koruga's been playing the Ruy Lopez lately.

01:21:10 ...a Mercedes with chauffeur be placed at my disposal.

01:24:39 Have you another explication?

01:34:53 Mr Rosenmund...

01:38:05 ...he came back.

Cast & Characters

Bruno Ganz Thomas Rosemund Gila von Weitershausen Marie Rosemund Ljuba Tadic Stefan Koruga Gudrun Vaupel Mutter Rosemund Alexander Hegarth Vater Rosemund Joachim Wichmann Grünfeld René Deltgen Lindford Alexis von Hagemeister Wilke Markus Helis Thomas als Kind Elke Schuessler Marie als Kind

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,042

Dialogue density10.1 lines / min

First line00:00:48

Final line01:38:05

Production Record

DirectorWolfgang Petersen

LanguageGerman

IMDb votes171