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.
as Dawid Przepiórka
as Akiba Rubinstein
as Ksawery Tartakower
as Paulin Frydman
as Kazimierz Makarczyk
as Mieczysław Najdorf
as Żona Rubinsteina
as Charlotta Haren
as Gienia
as Kelnerka Zosia
as Służąca Salcia
as Chłopiec widmo
as Konsul
as Pułkownik
as Słodownik
as Redaktor
as Bukmacher
as Profesor
as Kibic
as Doktor Kostro
as Policjant
as Dziennikarz
as Dziennikarz
as Dziennikarz nazista
as Sędzia olimpijski
as Dziennikarz Polskiego Radia
as Oficer SS
as Argentyński dziennikarz
as Maroczy
as Komentator radiowy
