Release Date: 1982-09-10
Overview: In this Gilles Carle feature documentary on the game of chess, the international chess match is cast as a classic Western shoot-out. Three chess greats dominate the film: Russia's Anatoly Karpov; Viktor Korchnoi, a Russian defector; and American Bobby Fischer. Chess aficionados Camille Coudari and Fernando Arrabal analyze the personalities and strategies of the players and comment on the interplay of politics and chess.
Rating: 7 / 10
Pascal Rollin
as Narrator (voice)
Anatoli Karpov
as Self
Viktor Kortchnoi
as Self
Fernando Arrabal
as Self
Boris Spassky
as Self
Gilles Carle - Director
Camille Coudari - Director
Hélène Verrier - Producer
Pierre Letarte - Director of Photography
Thomas Vamos - Director of Photography
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