The World Champion (2021)
2021 · 2h 25m · Drama
Genres: 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.
Director: Alexey Sidorov
Writers: Alexey Sidorov
Music by: Artyom Vasilev
Cinematography: Mikhail Milashin
Editor: Dmitry Korabelnikov
Budget: $8M
Cast
Konstantin Khabenskiy as KorchnoiIvan Yankovsky as KarpovVladimir Vdovichenkov as GradovVictor Dobronravov as Sergey MaksimovViktor Sukhorukov as Viktor BaturinskiyDiana Pozharskaya as VeronikaAnatoly Kot as Igor ZaytsevMikhail Troynik as Yuriy BalashovAleksandr Filippenko as Leonid BrezhnevLarisa Shakhvorostova as Karpov's motherAnton Bogdanov as Vasiliy BrykinDmitriy Miller as SevastyanovMore like this
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