The World Champion

Release date: 12/30/2021

Budget: $7,535,000

Genres:

Drama

Countries:

Russian Federation

Rating:

6.5

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.

Actors

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Korchnoi

Ivan Yankovsky

Karpov

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Gradov

Victor Dobronravov

Sergey Maksimov

Viktor Sukhorukov

Viktor Baturinskiy

Diana Pozharskaya

Veronika

Anatoly Kot

Igor Zaytsev

Mikhail Troynik

Yuriy Balashov

Aleksandr Filippenko

Leonid Brezhnev

Larisa Shakhvorostova

Karpov's mother

Anton Bogdanov

Vasiliy Brykin

Dmitriy Miller

Sevastyanov

Zurab Miminoshvili

Guladze

David Brodsky

Boris Zelenin

Dmitri Iosifov

Mikhail Tal

Arseny Topolaga

Pavel

Denis Kotov

Reporter

Anton Lunin

Wedding photographer

Sergey Taktarov

Alena Kim

Marisol

Leon Avtaev

Chess player

Fyodor Dobronravov

Karpov's father

Vladimir Zaytsev

Aranovich

Igor Khripunov

Philippov

Mark Noble

Schmid

Josefin Asplund

Paola

Peter Seaton-Clark

Gofdrey

Junsuke Kinoshita

Kampomanes

Vladimir Khalturin

Spasskiy

Pekka Strang

Fischer

Daniyar Alshinov

Captain Romeo

Vladimir Andreyev

Luzhniki announcer

Sesil Plezhe

Press room journalist

Sergey Genkin

Roommate

Igor Zakharov

Grigoriy Naumovich

Anastasiya Imamova

Accountant

Mikhail Kalinichev

Zlatoust audience

Grant Kagramanyan

Chess player

Nikolay Drozdovsky

Korchnoi's parapsychologist

Vladimir Tashlykov

Professor Melnikov

Evgeny Chupin

Main grandmaster

Sergey Shokolov

Brezhnev's referent

Radoje Čupić

Kazhic

The World Champion

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