The World Champion | Чемпион мира
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.
Description: 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.
Genres: Drama
Budget: $7,535,000 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 145 minutes
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Konstantin Khabenskiy
Played Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky
Played Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Played Gradov
Victor Dobronravov
Played Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Played Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya
Played Veronika
Anatoly Kot
Played Igor Zaytsev
Mikhail Troynik
Played Yuriy Balashov
Aleksandr Filippenko
Played Leonid Brezhnev
Larisa Shakhvorostova
Played Karpov's mother
Anton Bogdanov
Played Vasiliy Brykin
Dmitriy Miller
Played Sevastyanov
Zurab Miminoshvili
Played Guladze
David Brodsky
Played Boris Zelenin
Dmitri Iosifov
Played Mikhail Tal
Arseny Topolaga
Played Pavel
Denis Kotov
Played Reporter
Anton Lunin
Played Wedding photographer
Irina Zamula
Played French reporter
Sergey Taktarov
Played
Vartan Torosyan
Played Announcer's helper
Alena Kim
Played Marisol
Leon Avtaev
Played Chess player
Fyodor Dobronravov
Played Karpov's father
Vladimir Zaytsev
Played Aranovich
Igor Khripunov
Played Philippov
Mark Noble
Played Schmid
Josefin Asplund
Played Paola
Peter Seaton-Clark
Played Gofdrey
Junsuke Kinoshita
Played Kampomanes
Vladimir Khalturin
Played Spasskiy
Pekka Strang
Played Fischer
Daniyar Alshinov
Played Captain Romeo
Armen Ananikyan
Played Petrosyan
Vladimir Andreyev
Played Luzhniki announcer
Sesil Plezhe
Played Press room journalist
Sergey Genkin
Played Roommate
Pyotr Vins
Played Murei Yakov
Alexandr Gorelov
Played Polugaevskiy
Igor Zakharov
Played Grigoriy Naumovich
Anastasiya Imamova
Played Accountant
Mikhail Kalinichev
Played Zlatoust audience
Grant Kagramanyan
Played Chess player
Nikolay Drozdovsky
Played Korchnoi's parapsychologist
Ivan Perković
Played Fragella
Vladimir Tashlykov
Played Professor Melnikov
Evgeny Chupin
Played Main grandmaster
Sergey Shokolov
Played Brezhnev's referent
Radoje Čupić
Played Kazhic
Grant Amiryan
Played Bit part
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