The World Champion
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.
Genre: Drama
Actor: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Yankovsky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Victor Dobronravov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Diana Pozharskaya, Anatoly Kot, Mikhail Troynik, Aleksandr Filippenko, Larisa Shakhvorostova
Director: Alexey Sidorov, Ekaterina Molochnaya
Country: Russia
Produced By: Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1
Runtime: 145
Release: 2021
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
Language: Pусский,
Views: 99
Content Rating:6+
Quality: DVD
Also known as: Chempion Mira, Champion Of The World, El Duelo Del Siglo
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