The World Champion
Release Date: 2021-12-30
Overview: Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high.
Rating: 6.2 / 10
Cast
Konstantin Khabenskiy
as Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky
as Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
as Gradov
Victor Dobronravov
as Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov
as Viktor Baturinskiy
Crew
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Artyom Vasilev - Original Music Composer
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Margarita Lenskikh - Casting Director
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Ekaterina Molochnaya - Assistant Director
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Dmitry Korabelnikov - Editor
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Aleksey Samodelko - Sound Director
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