The World Champion (2021)
Drama
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.
Cast
Korchnoi
Karpov
Vasiliy Brykin
Sevastyanov
Guladze
Boris Zelenin
Mikhail Tal
Pavel
Reporter
Wedding photographer
French reporter
Gradov
Announcer's helper
Marisol
Chess player
Karpov's father
Aranovich
Philippov
Schmid
Paola
Gofdrey
Kampomanes
Sergey Maksimov
Spasskiy
Fischer
Captain Romeo
Petrosyan
Luzhniki announcer
Press room journalist
Roommate
Murei Yakov
Polugaevskiy
Grigoriy Naumovich
Viktor Baturinskiy
Accountant
Zlatoust audience
Chess player
Korchnoi's parapsychologist
Fragella
Professor Melnikov
Main grandmaster
Brezhnev's referent
Kazhic
Bit part
Veronika
Igor Zaytsev
Yuriy Balashov
Leonid Brezhnev
Karpov's mother
Crew
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Director
Producer
Producer
Production Design
Costume Designer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
Casting Director
Assistant Director
Editor
Sound Director
Additional Director of Photography
Additional Director of Photography
Steadicam Operator
Stunt Coordinator
VFX Supervisor
VFX Supervisor
