The World Champion (2021)
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.
Director: Alexey Sidorov
Writers: Alexey Sidorov
Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Yankovsky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Victor Dobronravov
The World Champion is a 2021 Russian Drama film directed by Alexey Sidorov, starring Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Yankovsky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Victor Dobronravov. It runs 2h 25m The film holds a 6.0/10 rating from 40 votes on TMDB.
Cast
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky
Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Gradov
Victor Dobronravov
Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya
Veronika
Anatoly Kot
Igor Zaytsev
Mikhail Troynik
Yuriy Balashov
Aleksandr Filippenko
Leonid Brezhnev
Larisa Shakhvorostova
Karpov's mother
Anton Bogdanov
Vasiliy Brykin
Dmitriy Miller
Sevastyanov
Details
| Release Date | Dec 30, 2021 |
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| Country | Russia |
| Original Language | Russian |
| Original Title | Чемпион мира |
| Also Known As | Chempion mira, Champion of the World, El duelo del siglo |
| Runtime | 2h 25m |
| Production | Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio |
| IMDb ID | tt13930782 |
| TMDB ID | 589752 |
