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The World Champion

6.1

2021•2h 25m

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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Photo of Konstantin Khabenskiy

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Korchnoi

Photo of Ivan Yankovsky

Ivan Yankovsky

Karpov

Photo of Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Gradov

Photo of Victor Dobronravov

Victor Dobronravov

Sergey Maksimov

Photo of Viktor Sukhorukov

Viktor Sukhorukov

Viktor Baturinskiy

Photo of Diana Pozharskaya

Diana Pozharskaya

Veronika

Photo of Anatoly Kot

Anatoly Kot

Igor Zaytsev

Photo of Mikhail Troynik

Mikhail Troynik

Yuriy Balashov

Photo of Aleksandr Filippenko

Aleksandr Filippenko

Leonid Brezhnev

Photo of Larisa Shakhvorostova

Larisa Shakhvorostova

Karpov's mother

Photo of Anton Bogdanov

Anton Bogdanov

Vasiliy Brykin

Photo of Dmitriy Miller

Dmitriy Miller

Sevastyanov

Photo of Zurab Miminoshvili

Zurab Miminoshvili

Guladze

Photo of David Brodsky

David Brodsky

Boris Zelenin

Photo of Dmitriy Iosifov

Dmitriy Iosifov

Mikhail Tal

Photo of Arseny Topolaga

Arseny Topolaga

Pavel

Photo of Denis Kotov

Denis Kotov

Reporter

Photo of Anton Lunin

Anton Lunin

Wedding photographer

Photo of Sergey Taktarov

Sergey Taktarov

Photo of Alyona Kim

Alyona Kim

Marisol

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