The World Champion (6.0)

Movie · 2021 · 2 h 25 min · 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.

Directed by: Алексей Сидоров

Starring Konstantín Jabenski, Иван Янковский, Владимир Вдовиченков, Виктор Добронравов, Виктор Сухоруков, Диана Пожарская, Анатолий Кот, Михаил Тройник, Александр Филиппенко, Лариса Шахворостова

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