The World Champion
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
- Revenue?
- Rate29 reviews
- Productions
Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1
Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy
Korchnoi

Ivan Yankovsky
Karpov

Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Gradov

Victor Dobronravov
Sergey Maksimov

Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Baturinskiy

Diana Pozharskaya
Veronika

Anatoly Kot
Igor Zaytsev

Mikhail Troynik
Yuriy Balashov

Aleksandr Filippenko
Leonid Brezhnev

Larisa Shakhvorostova
Karpov's mother

Anton Bogdanov
Vasiliy Brykin

Dmitriy Miller
Sevastyanov

Zurab Miminoshvili
Guladze

David Brodsky
Boris Zelenin

Dmitriy Iosifov
Mikhail Tal

Arseny Topolaga
Pavel

Denis Kotov
Reporter

Anton Lunin
Wedding photographer

Sergey Taktarov

Alyona Kim
Marisol

Leon Avtaev
Chess player

Fyodor Dobronravov
Karpov's father

Vladimir Zaytsev
Aranovich

Igor Khripunov
Philippov

Mark Noble
Schmid

Josefin Asplund
Paola

Peter Seaton-Clark
Gofdrey

Junsuke Kinoshita
Kampomanes

Vladimir Khalturin
Spasskiy

Pekka Strang
Fischer

Daniyar Alshinov
Captain Romeo

Vladimir Andreyev
Luzhniki announcer

Sesil Plezhe
Press room journalist

Sergey Genkin
Roommate

Igor Zakharov
Grigoriy Naumovich

Anastasiya Imamova
Accountant

Mikhail Kalinichev
Zlatoust audience

Grant Kagramanyan
Chess player

Nikolay Drozdovsky
Korchnoi's parapsychologist

Vladimir Tashlykov
Professor Melnikov

Evgeny Chupin
Main grandmaster

Sergey Shokolov
Brezhnev's referent

Radoje Čupić
Kazhic
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