The World Champion (2022)

  • 6
  • 01/20/2022 (DE)
  • Drama
  • 2h 25m

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.

Alexey Sidorov

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy's headshot

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky's headshot

Ivan Yankovsky

Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov's headshot

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Gradov
Victor Dobronravov's headshot

Victor Dobronravov

Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov's headshot

Viktor Sukhorukov

Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya's headshot

Diana Pozharskaya

Veronika
Anatoly Kot's headshot

Anatoly Kot

Igor Zaytsev
Mikhail Troynik's headshot

Mikhail Troynik

Yuriy Balashov

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