A live, semi-documentary TV broadcast investigates why former prisoner Dr. Benet collapsed after defeating world chess champion Mirko Čentovič aboard the ship Victoria. The crew stages a detailed reconstruction of the fateful game on deck, interviews witnesses to piece together events, and deliberately blurs fact and fiction to draw viewers into Benet’s psychological unraveling and the deeper mysteries behind his victory.
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| Camera | Vladimír Opletal | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jindřiška Hirschová | Costume Design |
| Sound | Vladimír Štěpánek | Sound |
| Directing | Alfréd Radok | Director |
| Editing | Soňa Slomovičová | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ota Šejnoha | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Alois Nožička | Camera Operator |
| Art | Jindřich Dušek | Production Design |
| Writing | Stefan Zweig | Novel |
| Camera | Přibyslava Mrázová | Still Photographer |
| Production | Jan Bočánek | Production Manager |
| Camera | Vladimír Řezníček | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Alfréd Radok | Writer |
| Camera | Josef Souček | Camera Operator |
| Production | Eva Heřmanová | Production Manager |
| Directing | Miloš Novotný | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alena Kopalová | Assistant Director |