Basic Info
Release: December 30, 2021
Runtime: 145 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.2/10 (33 votes)
Status: Released
The World Champion
2021
145 min
⭐ 6.2/10
33 votes
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.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- Russia
Spoken Languages
- Russian ru
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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
Crew
Alexey Sidorov
Screenplay
Alexey Sidorov
Director
Leonid Vereshchagin
Producer
Nikita Mikhalkov
Producer
Rafael Minasbekyan
Producer
Alexey Sidorov
Producer
Sergei Gurevich
Producer
Michael Kitaev
Executive Producer
Anton Zlatopolskiy
Producer
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