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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
Chess player Sergei Khlobnikov never set winning as his goal in the game. Emotional and averse to pragmatism, he rarely won tournaments. But eventually, his time came.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 63GoodWatch 59
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −21 min on the typical 109
typical 10988Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1973
August 13, 1973
53 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
Directing · 5
- Sergey Mikaelyan Director
- V. Terentyev Assistant Director
- V. Tomakh Second Assistant Director
- S. Nikitin Third Assistant Director
- L. Rogaleva First Assistant Director
Writing · 4
- Leonid Zorin Writer
- Yuriy Averbakh Script Consultant
- Vsevolod Schwarts Script Editor
- Viktor Baturinskiy Script Consultant
Production · 1
- Grigori Prusovsky Executive Producer
Camera · 3
- Yevgeni Mezentsev Director of Photography
- Valery Mironov Camera Operator
- G. Murashov Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Izolda Golovko Editor
Sound · 3
- Venyamin Basner Original Music Composer
- Anatoli Badkhen Conductor
- B. Livshits Sound Director
Art · 2
- Boris Burmistrov Production Design
- Vera Zelinskaya Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Diana Mane Costume Design
- Vadim Khalaimov Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
- Mariya Kandat VFX Artist
- Mikhail Shamkovich VFX Director of Photography
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