The World Champion

Name: The World Champion
Director: Alexey Sidorov
Genre: Drama
Released: 2021
Duration: 145 min
Cast: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Yankovsky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Victor Dobronravov, Viktor Sukhorukov

20212h 25mdir. Alexey Sidorovscreenplay Alexey Sidorov

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Overview

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.

Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy Ivan Yankovsky Vladimir Vdovichenkov Victor Dobronravov Viktor Sukhorukov Diana Pozharskaya

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