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
