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The World Champion (2021)

Original title: Чемпион мира

2021-12-30 · 2h 25m · RU
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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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Alexey SidorovDirector
Budget
$7.5M

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Victor DobronravovVictor DobronravovSergey MaksimovViktor SukhorukovViktor SukhorukovViktor BaturinskiyKonstantin KhabenskiyKonstantin KhabenskiyKorchnoiAnatoly KotAnatoly KotIgor ZaytsevIvan YankovskyIvan YankovskyKarpovMikhail TroynikMikhail TroynikYuriy BalashovAleksandr FilippenkoAleksandr FilippenkoLeonid BrezhnevVladimir VdovichenkovVladimir VdovichenkovGradovDmitriy MillerDmitriy MillerSevastyanovDiana PozharskayaDiana PozharskayaVeronikaZurab MiminoshviliZurab MiminoshviliGuladzeDavid BrodskyDavid BrodskyBoris Zelenin

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ChessChess champion

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityChess · Chess ChampionDialogue densityDramaPacingLongDirector preference558728Actor preference33149 · 327155 · 1281385

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What is The World Champion about?

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.

How long is The World Champion?

The World Champion has a runtime of 145 minutes.