The World Champion

Directed by Alexey Sidorov
2021    2h 25m
Drama, History, Sport
6.3
In 1978, rising Soviet chess star Anatoly Karpov faces off against his estranged mentor, Viktor Korchnoi, now a defector. Their clash in a high-stakes championship reveals not just tactical genius, but also the intense battle of wills and ideologies on the board.
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Cast of The World Champion
  • Konstantin KhabenskiyKorchnoi
  • Ivan YankovskyKarpov
  • Vladimir VdovichenkovGradov
  • Victor DobronravovSergey Maksimov
  • Viktor SukhorukovViktor Baturinskiy
  • Diana PozharskayaVeronika
  • Anatoly KotIgor Zaytsev
  • Mikhail TroynikYuriy Balashov
  • Aleksandr FilippenkoLeonid Brezhnev
  • Larisa ShakhvorostovaKarpov's mother
  • Anton BogdanovVasiliy Brykin
  • Dmitriy MillerSevastyanov
  • Zurab MiminoshviliGuladze
  • David BrodskyBoris Zelenin
  • Dmitri IosifovMikhail Tal
  • Arseny TopolagaPavel
  • Denis KotovReporter
  • Anton LuninWedding photographer
  • Irina ZamulaFrench reporter
  • Sergey Taktarov
  • Vartan TorosyanAnnouncer's helper
  • Alena KimMarisol
  • Leon AvtaevChess player
  • Fyodor DobronravovKarpov's father
  • Vladimir ZaytsevAranovich
  • Igor KhripunovPhilippov
  • Mark NobleSchmid
  • Josefin AsplundPaola
  • Peter Seaton-ClarkGofdrey
  • Junsuke KinoshitaKampomanes
  • Vladimir KhalturinSpasskiy
  • Pekka StrangFischer
  • Daniyar AlshinovCaptain Romeo
  • Armen AnanikyanPetrosyan
  • Vladimir AndreyevLuzhniki announcer
  • Sesil PlezhePress room journalist
  • Sergey GenkinRoommate
  • Pyotr VinsMurei Yakov
  • Alexandr GorelovPolugaevskiy
  • Igor ZakharovGrigoriy Naumovich
  • Anastasiya ImamovaAccountant
  • Mikhail KalinichevZlatoust audience
  • Grant KagramanyanChess player
  • Nikolay DrozdovskyKorchnoi's parapsychologist
  • Ivan PerkovićFragella
  • Vladimir TashlykovProfessor Melnikov
  • Evgeny ChupinMain grandmaster
  • Sergey ShokolovBrezhnev's referent
  • Radoje ČupićKazhic
  • Grant AmiryanBit part
 
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