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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Yankovsky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Victor Dobronravov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Diana Pozharskaya
Crew: Artyom Vasilev (Original Music Composer), Dmitry Korabelnikov (Editor), Margarita Lenskikh (Casting Director), Aleksandr Vdovenko (Steadicam Operator), Ekaterina Molochnaya (Assistant Director), Pavel Bezborodov (VFX Supervisor)
Country: Russia
Language: Pусский
Studio: Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1
Runtime: 145 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Dec 30, 2021
IMDb: 4.5
Keywords:chess, chess champion
