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The World Champion
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The World Champion

2021-12-30 · 145 min · ★ 6.0

Drama

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.

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Production details

Directors
Alexey Sidorov
Production companies
Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia
Countries
Russia
Status
Released
Budget
USD 7,535,000

Top Cast

Konstantin KhabenskiyKonstantin KhabenskiyKorchnoi
Ivan YankovskyIvan YankovskyKarpov
Vladimir VdovichenkovVladimir VdovichenkovGradov
Victor DobronravovVictor DobronravovSergey Maksimov
Viktor SukhorukovViktor SukhorukovViktor Baturinskiy
Diana PozharskayaDiana PozharskayaVeronika
Anatoly KotAnatoly KotIgor Zaytsev
Mikhail TroynikMikhail TroynikYuriy Balashov
Aleksandr FilippenkoAleksandr FilippenkoLeonid Brezhnev
Larisa ShakhvorostovaLarisa ShakhvorostovaKarpov's mother
Anton BogdanovAnton BogdanovVasiliy Brykin
Dmitriy MillerDmitriy MillerSevastyanov
Zurab MiminoshviliZurab MiminoshviliGuladze
David BrodskyDavid BrodskyBoris Zelenin
Dmitriy IosifovDmitriy IosifovMikhail Tal
Arseny TopolagaArseny TopolagaPavel
Denis KotovDenis KotovReporter
Anton LuninAnton LuninWedding photographer
Irina ZamulaFrench reporter
Sergey TaktarovSergey Taktarov

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