Watch The World Champion (2021) Official Trailer
6 / 10 IMDb December 30, 2021 2h 25m
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.
Director
Runtime
2h 25m
Release Date
December 30, 2021
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Budget
$7,535,000
Languages
Russian
Country
Russia
Writers
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
Anton Bogdanov
as Vasiliy Brykin
Dmitriy Miller
as Sevastyanov
Zurab Miminoshvili
as Guladze
David Brodsky
as Boris Zelenin
Dmitriy Iosifov
as Mikhail Tal
Arseny Topolaga
as Pavel
Denis Kotov
as Reporter
Anton Lunin
as Wedding photographer
No photo
Irina Zamula
as French reporter
Sergey Taktarov
Production Companies
Studio Trite
Central Partnership
KIT Film Studio
Cinema Foundation of RussiaAdvertisement
Viewer Reviews
Sign in to rate and review this movie.
Sign in Loading reviews…
Related Movies & Trailers
6.2
Hotel Desire
2011·Drama
6.3
The Death of Robin Hood
2026·Adventure
4.5
Mourning Wife
2001·Drama
6.4
Rosebush Pruning
2026·Comedy
7.0
Pyaar Prema Kalyanam
2026·Romance
5.9
From Straight A's to XXX
2017·Drama
8.7
The Shawshank Redemption
1994·Drama
7.1
The Devil Wears Prada 2
2026·Comedy
8.7
Michael
2026·Music
8.3
The Punisher: One Last Kill
2026·Action
5.6
Woman in the Moon
1988·Drama
8.5
Interstellar
2014·Adventure