6.3
The Chess Player
2017
The World Champion (2021)
December 30, 20212h 25mRU
6.1
36 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.
Director
Alexey SidorovWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Budget
$7.5M
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Studio TriteCentral PartnershipKIT Film StudioCinema Foundation of Russia
