Capablanca
Directed by Manuel Herrera1987 1h 36mDrama
6.8
1925. José Raúl Capablanca, a famous Cuban chess player and employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives in Moscow for an international chess tournament. The trip, taking place under Machado's dictatorship, casts doubt on his future in this position. The film shows Capablanca's dramatic matches with Lasker, Tartakower, and Bogolubov, his tragic love for Bolshoi Theatre ballerina Sasha Mozhaeva, and a simultaneous game in which he lost to the very young Mikhail Botvinnik.
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Capablanca was released on June 11, 1987.
Capablanca was directed by Manuel Herrera.
Capablanca has a runtime of 1 hr 36 min.
Capablanca was produced by Nikolai Velmiskin.
The key characters in Capablanca are Sashenka Mojaeva (Galina Belyaeva), Capablanca (César Évora), Eslinda Núñez.
Capablanca is a Drama film.
Capablanca has an audience rating of 6.8 out of 10.