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.
| Title | The World Champion |
|---|---|
| Year | 2021 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | Russia |
| Studio | Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1 |
| Cast | Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Yankovsky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Victor Dobronravov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Diana Pozharskaya |
| Crew | Artyom Vasilev (Original Music Composer), Alexandr Mikeladze (Additional Director of Photography), Ekaterina Molochnaya (Assistant Director), Filipp Yuzhanin (Additional Director of Photography), Margarita Lenskikh (Casting Director), Dmitry Korabelnikov (Editor) |
| Keyword | chess, chess champion |
| Release | Dec 30, 2021 |
| Runtime | 145 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 6.50 / 10 by 28 users |
| Popularity | 4 |
| Budget | 7,535,000 |
| Revenue | 0 |
| Language | Pусский |
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