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The World Champion
2021 • 2h 25m • ★ 6.1 (36 votes) Released
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 Sidorov
Screenplay
Alexey Sidorov
Rating
6.1
Runtime
145 min
Budget
$7.5M
Production
Studio Trite
Central Partnership
KIT Film Studio
Cinema Foundation of Russia
Russia 1Top Billed Cast
Gallery
Keywords
chesschess champion
