Film
The World Champion
2021 · 2h 25m · Drama
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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.
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
Crew
- Alexey SidorovScreenplay · Director · Producer
- Leonid VereshchaginProducer
- Nikita MikhalkovProducer
- Rafael MinasbekyanProducer
- Sergei GurevichProducer
- Anton ZlatopolskiyProducer
- Michael KitaevExecutive Producer
- Mikhail MilashinDirector of Photography
- Artyom VasilevOriginal Music Composer
- Dmitry KorabelnikovEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 30, 2021
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Rated
- 6
- Budget
- $7,535,000
- Genres
- Drama
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