
59 minutes
10/29/2024
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.

Jan Wieczorkowski
as Dawid Przepiórka

Wojciech Mecwaldowski
as Akiba Rubinstein

Jacek Feliks Knap
as Ksawery Tartakower
Dariusz Pieróg
as Paulin Frydman

Maciej Miszczak
as Kazimierz Makarczyk
Jędrzej Hycnar
as Mieczysław Najdorf

Beata Fido
as Żona Rubinsteina
Anna Matysiak
as Charlotta Haren

Weronika Dzierżyńska
as Gienia
Magdalena Maścianica
as Kelnerka Zosia

Beata Wnęk-Malec
as Służąca Salcia
Antoni Gogółka
as Chłopiec widmo

Błażej Wójcik
as Konsul

Maciej Półtorak
as Pułkownik

Witold Dębicki
as Słodownik

Radomir Rospondek
as Redaktor
Michał Pietrzak
as Bukmacher

Stanisław Banasiuk
as Profesor

Grzegorz Palkowski
as Kibic

Wiesław Kupczak
as Doktor Kostro
Bartosz Adamczyk
as Policjant

Piotr Łukaszczyk
as Dziennikarz

Nikodem Kasprowicz
as Dziennikarz
Leszek Malec
as Dziennikarz nazista

Waldemar Kotas
as Sędzia olimpijski
Piotr Misztela
as Dziennikarz Polskiego Radia
Marek Łukasik
as Oficer SS
Radosław Drożdż
as Argentyński dziennikarz

Maciej Dancewicz
as Maroczy
Grzegorz Pawlak
as Komentator radiowy