The World Champion

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Korchnoi

Age : 52 | Popularity : 16%

Ivan Yankovsky

Karpov

Age : 33 | Popularity : 37%

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Gradov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Victor Dobronravov

Sergey Maksimov

Age : 41 | Popularity : 5%

Viktor Sukhorukov

Viktor Baturinskiy

Age : 72 | Popularity : 17%

Diana Pozharskaya

Veronika

Age : 32 | Popularity : 24%

Anatoly Kot

Igor Zaytsev

Age : 50 | Popularity : 7%

Mikhail Troynik

Yuriy Balashov

Age : 36 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Nikita Mikhalkov Leonid Vereshchagin Alexey Sidorov Anton Zlatopolskiy Rafael Minasbekyan Sergey Gurevich
	Executive Producer	Michael Kitaev
	Casting Director	Margarita Lenskikh
Writing	Screenplay	Alexey Sidorov
Directing	Director	Alexey Sidorov
	Assistant Director	Ekaterina Molochnaya
Visual Effects	VFX Supervisor	Alexandr Gorokhov Pavel Bezborodov
Camera	Director of Photography	Mikhail Milashin
	Additional Director of Photography	Alexandr Mikeladze Filipp Yuzhanin
	Steadicam Operator	Aleksandr Vdovenko
Sound	Original Music Composer	Artyom Vasilev
	Sound Director	Alexey Samodelko
Art	Production Design	Sergey Agin
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	Ulyana Polyanskaya
Editing	Editor	Dmitry Korabelnikov
Crew	Stunt Coordinator	Aleksandr Samokhvalov
Department	Role	Name

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