The World Champion
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The World Champion

6.2 / 10 | 2h 25m | Russian Federation
2021 | Drama | History | Sport
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 List (20)

Aleksey Sidorov
Aleksey Sidorov
Director
Ivan Yankovskiy
Ivan Yankovskiy
Anatoliy Karpov
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Viktor Korchnoy
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Gradov
Fyodor Dobronravov
Fyodor Dobronravov
Evgeniy Karpov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya
Diana Pozharskaya
Veronika
Aleksandr Filippenko
Aleksandr Filippenko
Leonid Brezhnev
Viktor Dobronravov
Viktor Dobronravov
Sergey Maksimov
Anatoliy Kot
Anatoliy Kot
Igor Zaytsev
Anton Bogdanov
Anton Bogdanov
Vasiliy Brykin
Zurab Miminoshvili
Zurab Miminoshvili
Aleksandr Guladze
Dmitriy Iosifov
Dmitriy Iosifov
Mikhail Tal
Dmitriy Miller
Dmitriy Miller
Vitaliy Sevastyanov
Igor Khripunov
Igor Khripunov
Filippov
Mikhail Troynik
Mikhail Troynik
Yuriy Balashov
Vladimir Zaytsev
Vladimir Zaytsev
Aranovich
Larisa Shakhvorostova
Larisa Shakhvorostova
Nina Karpova
David Brodskiy
David Brodskiy
Boris Zelenin
Aleksey Sidorov
Aleksey Sidorov
Writer

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