The World Champion
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.
Release Date:
2021-12-30
Runtime:
145 minutes
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Starring:
Konstantin Khabenskiy
as Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky
as Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
as Gradov
Victor Dobronravov
as Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov
as Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya
as Veronika
Anatoly Kot
as Igor Zaytsev
Mikhail Troynik
as Yuriy Balashov
Aleksandr Filippenko
as Leonid Brezhnev
Larisa Shakhvorostova
as Karpov's mother
Anton Bogdanov
as Vasiliy Brykin
Dmitriy Miller
as Sevastyanov
Zurab Miminoshvili
as Guladze
David Brodsky
as Boris Zelenin
Dmitriy Iosifov
as Mikhail Tal
Arseny Topolaga
as Pavel
Denis Kotov
as Reporter
Anton Lunin
as Wedding photographer
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Irina Zamula
as French reporter
Sergey Taktarov
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Vartan Torosyan
as Announcer's helper
Alyona Kim
as Marisol
Leon Avtaev
as Chess player
Fyodor Dobronravov
as Karpov's father
Vladimir Zaytsev
as Aranovich
Igor Khripunov
as Philippov
Mark Noble
as Schmid
Josefin Asplund
as Paola
Peter Seaton-Clark
as Gofdrey
Junsuke Kinoshita
as Kampomanes