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The World Champion
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6.5
29 reviews
Drama
2h 25m
2021

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...

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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.

  • DirectorAlexey Sidorov
  • Release30 December 2021
  • GenreDrama
  • Duration2h 25m
  • Budget$7,535,000
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    6.5
    29 reviews
  • Productions

    Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1

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