Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner of war for fifteen years. When their hotel-bound bus crashes in a mountain storm and Joan is injured, the travellers seek refuge in the home, built fortress-like upon the site of a bloody battlefield, of famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig. There, cat-phobic Verdegast learns his wife's fate, grieves for his lost daughter, and must play a game of chess for Allison's life.

Starring:

Albert Conti, Albert Pollet, Alphonse Martell, Andre Cheron, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, David Manners, Egon Brecher, George Davis, Harry Cording, Harry Walker, Henry Armetta, Herman Bing, John Carradine, John George, Julie Bishop, King Baggot, Lois January, Lucille Lund, Luis Alberni, Michael Mark, Paul Panzer, Paul Weigel, Rodney Hildebrand, Symona Bo

Genre:

Adventure, Crime, Horror, Thriller