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The World Champion
The World Champion

The World Champion

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$7535000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

145 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

30 December 2021

Country

Russia

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

Dmitriy Iosifov

Dmitriy Iosifov

Mikhail Tal

Arseny Topolaga

Arseny Topolaga

Pavel

Denis Kotov

Denis Kotov

Reporter

Anton Lunin

Anton Lunin

Wedding photographer

Irina Zamula

Irina Zamula

French reporter

Sergey Taktarov

Sergey Taktarov

Vartan Torosyan

Vartan Torosyan

Announcer's helper

Alyona Kim

Alyona 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

Armen Ananikyan

Petrosyan

Vladimir Andreyev

Vladimir Andreyev

Luzhniki announcer

Sesil Plezhe

Sesil Plezhe

Press room journalist

Sergey Genkin

Sergey Genkin

Roommate

Pyotr Vins

Pyotr Vins

Murei Yakov

Alexandr Gorelov

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

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

Grant Amiryan

Bit part

Aleksey Sitkin

Aleksey Sitkin

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