The World Champion
The World Champion
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.
Where to Watch
Amazon Prime Video
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Apple TV Store
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Amazon Video
Top Cast
Konstantin Khabenskiy
As Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky
As Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
As Gradov
Victor Dobronravov
As Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov
As Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya
As Veronika
Anatoly Kot
As Igor Zaytsev
Mikhail Troynik
As Yuriy Balashov
Aleksandr Filippenko
As Leonid Brezhnev
Larisa Shakhvorostova
As Karpov's mother
Genres
Director
Alexey Sidorov
Budget / Revenue
$7.5M / $0.0M
