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The World Champion

The World Champion (2021)★ 6.4/10

RU · 145 min · December 30, 2021

  • Drama
  • History
  • Sport

Directed by: Aleksey Sidorov

Written by: Aleksey Sidorov

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.

Directed by

Aleksey Sidorov

Written by

Aleksey Sidorov

Cast & crew

Ivan YankovskiyAnatoliy KarpovKonstantin KhabenskyViktor KorchnoyVladimir VdovichenkovGradovFyodor DobronravovEvgeniy KarpovViktor SukhorukovViktor BaturinskiyDiana PozharskayaVeronikaAleksandr FilippenkoLeonid BrezhnevDavid BrodskiyBoris ZeleninViktor DobronravovSergey MaksimovMikhail TroynikYuriy BalashovAnatoliy KotIgor ZaytsevAnton BogdanovVasiliy BrykinZurab MiminoshviliAleksandr GuladzeVladimir ZaytsevAranovichDmitriy IosifovMikhail TalDmitriy MillerVitaliy SevastyanovIgor KhripunovFilippovLarisa ShakhvorostovaNina KarpovaDaniil KolmogorovTolya KarpovMark NobleLothar SchmidPekka StrangBobby FischerJosefin AsplundPaolaPeter Seaton-ClarkGodfreyAnastasiya AlekseevaBit partRubio AlonsoJournalist in CordobaDaniar AlshinovCaptain RomeoGrant AmiryanBit partArmen AnanikyanTigran PetrosyanVladimir AndreevDirector at LuzhnikiElena AnishchenkoSecretary to the Minister of SportsLeon AvtaevChess playerYevgeniy ChupinLeading GrandmasterReilly CostiganMichael SteanRadoje CupicBozhidar KajichLorenzo de ChosicaSpanish CommentatorIgor DneprovCorrespondentNikolay DrozdovskyKorchnoy's ParapsychologistPascal DurierMax EuweSergey GenkinEvgeniy Karpov's Hospital RommateAleksandr GorelovLev PolugaevskiyAnastasiya ImamovaAccountantNicolas IturrietaSpiritual mentorArtur IvanovOff-screen Translator (voice)Grant KagramanyanChess PlayerMikhail KalinichevSpectator in ZlatoustAleksandr KanPresident MarcosVladimir KhalturinBoris SpasskiyAlyona KimMarisolIgor KimDriverJunsuke KinoshitaFlorencio CampomanesAnton KonovalovChess playerDenis KotovCorrespondent at a chess tournamentVladislav KudryaevBit partDanilo LangeWolfgang UnzickerAleksandr LashkoCorrespondentAnton LuninWedding photographerVincent Wilson MollyJournalist in BarcelonaAleksey MyachikovTarakiSergei NikitinYugoslavskiy kinooperatorDmitriy OleynikovTV CommentatorRolando PerezGarcía MartínezIvan PerkovicFragellaCecile PlageJournalist at the Press-centerAnatoliy PopovDoctorKirill PopovDmitriy RomanovChampionship VisitorOleg ShapkovJaegerFanis ShaydullinWorkerSergey ShokolovBrezhnev's AssistantAleksey SitkinBit partSergey StegaylovChess PlayerSergey TaktarovVladimir TashlykovProfessor MelnikovArseniy TopolagaPavelVartan TorosyanDirector's AssistantGosha TorvichTelegraph OperatorAlyanura TretyakovaImelda MarcosViktor VinogradovSports OfficialPyotr VinsJacob MureyAmaliya VorobyovaChess PlayerColin Jonathan WardAlbéric O'KellyJohn WarrenRaymond KeeneTimur YamaleevZritelIgor ZakharovGrigoriy NaumovichIrina ZamulaFrench correspondentSergei ModinAssistant of chess judge (uncredited)