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Content: 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.

Countries:

Russia

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

145 minutes

Year:

2021

Directors:

Alexey Sidorov

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Production companies:

Studio Trite,

Central Partnership,

KIT Film Studio,

Cinema Foundation of Russia,

Russia 1

Actors:

Korchnoi

Karpov

Gradov

Sergey Maksimov

Viktor Baturinskiy

Crews:

Original Music Composer

Additional Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Additional Director of Photography

Casting Director