The World Champion

Directed by Alexey Sidorov
2021    2h 25mDrama, History,
6.3
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.

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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
  • Dmitriy IosifovMikhail Tal
  • Arseny TopolagaPavel
  • Denis KotovReporter
  • Anton LuninWedding photographer
  • Irina ZamulaFrench reporter
  • Sergey Taktarov
  • Vartan TorosyanAnnouncer's helper
  • Alyona 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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