The World Champion poster

The World Champion

Чемпион мира

2021·145'

Alexey Sidorov

Drama

RU - Russian

Letterboxd TMDB #589752

Stills

1

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.

Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy Konstantin Khabenskiy KorchnoiIvan Yankovsky Ivan Yankovsky KarpovVladimir Vdovichenkov Vladimir Vdovichenkov GradovVictor Dobronravov Victor Dobronravov Sergey MaksimovViktor Sukhorukov Viktor Sukhorukov Viktor BaturinskiyDiana Pozharskaya Diana Pozharskaya VeronikaAnatoly Kot Anatoly Kot Igor ZaytsevMikhail Troynik Mikhail Troynik Yuriy BalashovAleksandr Filippenko Aleksandr Filippenko Leonid BrezhnevLarisa Shakhvorostova Larisa Shakhvorostova Karpov's motherAnton Bogdanov Anton Bogdanov Vasiliy BrykinDmitriy Miller Dmitriy Miller Sevastyanov

Screenings in Brussels

No upcoming screenings.