The World Champion
2021·Movie
·2h 25min·
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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.
Chess ChampionshipBiographical DramaPsychological ThrillerCold War EraSports RivalryRussian CinemaHigh-Stakes DuelTenseIntriguePolitical Intrigue
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Directed by:
Alexey Sidorov, Ekaterina Molochnaya
Written by:
Alexey Sidorov
Produced by:
Anton Zlatopolskiy, Nikita Mikhalkov, Michael Kitaev
Composed by:
Aleksey Samodelko, Artyom Vasilev
Sequels and Prequels
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