The World Champion
20212h 25m6.0
Drama
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Genre
- Drama
- Budget
- $7,535,000
- Origin
- Russia
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in Spain, Brazil, Mexico.
Details
- Director
- Alexey Sidorov
- Writing
- Alexey Sidorov
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Dec 30, 2021
- Budget
- $7.5M
- Studio
- Studio Trite, Central Partnership
Cast
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky
Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Gradov
Victor Dobronravov
Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya
Veronika
Anatoly Kot
Igor Zaytsev
Mikhail Troynik
Yuriy Balashov
Aleksandr Filippenko
Leonid Brezhnev
Larisa Shakhvorostova
Karpov's mother
Anton Bogdanov
Vasiliy Brykin
Dmitriy Miller
Sevastyanov
Zurab Miminoshvili
Guladze
David Brodsky
Boris Zelenin
Dmitriy Iosifov
Mikhail Tal
Arseny Topolaga
Pavel
Denis Kotov
Reporter
Anton Lunin
Wedding photographer
Irina Zamula
French reporter
Sergey Taktarov
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