The World Champion
2021/12/30 (US) | 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.
Alexey Sidorov
Screenplay
Alexey Sidorov
Director
Lead Cast
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky
Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Gradov
Victor Dobronravov
Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya
Veronika
Anatoly Kot
Igor Zaytsev
Budget
$ 7,535,000
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Studio Trite
- Central Partnership
- KIT Film Studio
- Cinema Foundation of Russia
Crews
Artyom Vasilev
Original Music Composer
Margarita Lenskikh
Casting Director
Ekaterina Molochnaya
Assistant Director
Dmitry Korabelnikov
Editor
Alexey Samodelko
Sound Director
Alexandr Mikeladze
Additional Director of Photography
Filipp Yuzhanin
Additional Director of Photography
Aleksandr Vdovenko
Steadicam Operator