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The World Champion

★ 6.3 (31 votes) | 2021 | 2h 25m
Drama
Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date December 30, 2021
  • Budget $7,535,000
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1

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