The World Champion

The World Champion

2021
2h 25min

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.

The World Champion

Storyline

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.
    Released
    12/30/2021
    Runtime
    2h 25min
    Director
    Budget
    $7,535,000
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Russian
    Production
    Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1
Cast
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky
Ivan Yankovsky
Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Gradov
Victor Dobronravov
Victor Dobronravov
Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya
Diana Pozharskaya
Veronika
Anatoly Kot
Anatoly Kot
Igor Zaytsev
Mikhail Troynik
Mikhail Troynik
Yuriy Balashov
Aleksandr Filippenko
Aleksandr Filippenko
Leonid Brezhnev
Larisa Shakhvorostova
Larisa Shakhvorostova
Karpov's mother
Anton Bogdanov
Anton Bogdanov
Vasiliy Brykin
Dmitriy Miller
Dmitriy Miller
Sevastyanov
Zurab Miminoshvili
Zurab Miminoshvili
Guladze
David Brodsky
David Brodsky
Boris Zelenin
Dmitri Iosifov
Dmitri Iosifov
Mikhail Tal
Arseny Topolaga
Arseny Topolaga
Pavel
Denis Kotov
Denis Kotov
Reporter
Anton Lunin
Anton Lunin
Wedding photographer
Irina Zamula
French reporter
Sergey Taktarov
Sergey Taktarov
Acting
Vartan Torosyan
Announcer's helper
Alena Kim
Alena Kim
Marisol
Leon Avtaev
Leon Avtaev
Chess player
Fyodor Dobronravov
Fyodor Dobronravov
Karpov's father
Vladimir Zaytsev
Vladimir Zaytsev
Aranovich
Igor Khripunov
Igor Khripunov
Philippov
Mark Noble
Mark Noble
Schmid
Josefin Asplund
Josefin Asplund
Paola
Peter Seaton-Clark
Peter Seaton-Clark
Gofdrey
Junsuke Kinoshita
Junsuke Kinoshita
Kampomanes
Vladimir Khalturin
Vladimir Khalturin
Spasskiy
Pekka Strang
Pekka Strang
Fischer
Daniyar Alshinov
Daniyar Alshinov
Captain Romeo
Armen Ananikyan
Petrosyan
Vladimir Andreyev
Vladimir Andreyev
Luzhniki announcer
Sesil Plezhe
Sesil Plezhe
Press room journalist
Sergey Genkin
Sergey Genkin
Roommate
Pyotr Vins
Murei Yakov
Alexandr Gorelov
Polugaevskiy
Igor Zakharov
Igor Zakharov
Grigoriy Naumovich
Anastasiya Imamova
Anastasiya Imamova
Accountant
Mikhail Kalinichev
Mikhail Kalinichev
Zlatoust audience
Grant Kagramanyan
Grant Kagramanyan
Chess player
Nikolay Drozdovsky
Nikolay Drozdovsky
Korchnoi's parapsychologist
Ivan Perković
Fragella
Vladimir Tashlykov
Vladimir Tashlykov
Professor Melnikov
Evgeny Chupin
Evgeny Chupin
Main grandmaster
Sergey Shokolov
Sergey Shokolov
Brezhnev's referent
Radoje Čupić
Radoje Čupić
Kazhic
Grant Amiryan
Bit part
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