The World Champion (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 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.
Rated
6
Year
2021
Country
RU
Language
Russian
Release date
30 December 2021
TMDB
6.0 (39)
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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
I
Irina Zamula
French reporter
Sergey Taktarov
V
Vartan Torosyan
Announcer's helper
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
A
Armen Ananikyan
Petrosyan
Vladimir Andreyev
Luzhniki announcer
Cécile Pleuge
Press room journalist
Sergey Genkin
Roommate
P
Pyotr Vins
Murei Yakov
A
Alexandr Gorelov
Polugaevskiy
Igor Zakharov
Grigoriy Naumovich
Anastasiya Imamova
Accountant
Mikhail Kalinichev
Zlatoust audience
Grant Kagramanyan
Chess player
Nikolay Drozdovsky
Korchnoi's parapsychologist
I
Ivan Perković
Fragella
Vladimir Tashlykov
Professor Melnikov
Evgeny Chupin
Main grandmaster
Sergey Shokolov
Brezhnev's referent
Radoje Čupić
Kazhic
G
Grant Amiryan
Bit part
A
Aleksey Sitkin
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