The World Champion
Directed by Alexey SidorovIn 1978, young ambitious Soviet chess champion Anatoly Karpov must defend his title against a former mentor and defector to the West Viktor Korchnoi. Their face-off becomes the most dramatic championship match in chess history.
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The World Champion was released on December 30, 2021.
The World Champion was directed by Alexey Sidorov.
The World Champion has a runtime of 2h 25m.
The World Champion was produced by Leonid Vereshchagin, Nikita Mikhalkov, Rafael Minasbekyan, Alexey Sidorov, Sergei Gurevich, Anton Zlatopolskiy.
In 1978, young ambitious Soviet chess champion Anatoly Karpov must defend his title against a former mentor and defector to the West Viktor Korchnoi. Their face-off becomes the most dramatic championship match in chess history.
The key characters in The World Champion are Korchnoi (Konstantin Khabenskiy), Karpov (Ivan Yankovsky), Gradov (Vladimir Vdovichenkov).
The World Champion is a Drama, History, Sport film.
The World Champion has an audience rating of 6.4 out of 10.
The World Champion had a budget of $7.5M.
The World Champion has made $6.2M at the box office.