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The World Champion
2 hours 25 minutes2021-12-30
6.5
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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
![Konstantin Khabenskiy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dW6vvsHlecFDccWkP3wfO995Hlc.jpg)
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Korchnoi
![Ivan Yankovsky](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//goSBzDVo7T3xvWuibARQ4y7YM7k.jpg)
Ivan Yankovsky
Karpov
![Vladimir Vdovichenkov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5jcTzL82XLKHS7rqudSryOTriIh.jpg)
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Gradov
![Victor Dobronravov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gC4rS0dhhsnd432pVsDtCuTD01q.jpg)
Victor Dobronravov
Sergey Maksimov
![Viktor Sukhorukov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wkGGfQ1GNRIuAtBWDU0W36DlH3T.jpg)
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Baturinskiy
![Diana Pozharskaya](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zqY6Ck1PELT78wAicIB729nB6yS.jpg)
Diana Pozharskaya
Veronika
![Anatoly Kot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2kgiMT9bsOCigYLNaQl3MHO2mc2.jpg)
Anatoly Kot
Igor Zaytsev
![Mikhail Troynik](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//NYHEx4fG5HSWIaR2cYzADw2xXh.jpg)
Mikhail Troynik
Yuriy Balashov
![Aleksandr Filippenko](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tbjLBhJWq3MfcHbv3Y1M0wWTuQt.jpg)
Aleksandr Filippenko
Leonid Brezhnev
![Larisa Shakhvorostova](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9N9Cb6FySkFgPANLQGI2VmjZT6k.jpg)
Larisa Shakhvorostova
Karpov's mother
![Anton Bogdanov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ckh4yUMXqwXpZ1BPOudzm3PB7Tq.jpg)
Anton Bogdanov
Vasiliy Brykin
![Dmitriy Miller](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wuQSGEO26fJkIKGKaIxwd9dPIRZ.jpg)
Dmitriy Miller
Sevastyanov
![Zurab Miminoshvili](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aH0imk2zP5dNays1aOeFLIPuH2R.jpg)
Zurab Miminoshvili
Guladze
![David Brodsky](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aEUvyNRG93Pze7W9dFmc6fAmp9l.jpg)
David Brodsky
Boris Zelenin
![Dmitri Iosifov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sN1ivWW5q2E8cd2BoaXBE4h64hS.jpg)
Dmitri Iosifov
Mikhail Tal
![Arseny Topolaga](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4G4cXYDU5JY5fTy5mWw9pbu9O22.jpg)
Arseny Topolaga
Pavel
![Denis Kotov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1ZrJpK3ZciA0m86AyBWrXAhWflR.jpg)
Denis Kotov
Reporter
![Anton Lunin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zip12z7t3bCHSdLnNMks8aMEqGc.jpg)
Anton Lunin
Wedding photographer
![Irina Zamula](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Irina Zamula
French reporter
![Sergey Taktarov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//52Z3rQSpseWBkEK43eAfgsepC2J.jpg)
Sergey Taktarov
![Vartan Torosyan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Vartan Torosyan
Announcer's helper
![Alena Kim](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8zvwO3NseHMdd1J8T9OBVfffgzt.jpg)
Alena Kim
Marisol
![Leon Avtaev](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aAZcT1w3pOt6Lgy9pc5Jw09c435.jpg)
Leon Avtaev
Chess player
![Fyodor Dobronravov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4ocwJKKKUjlimIpPCvt6BiLALLa.jpg)
Fyodor Dobronravov
Karpov's father
![Vladimir Zaytsev](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//p6aZsahf1e4JtqPhvWyu1jxdG36.jpg)
Vladimir Zaytsev
Aranovich
![Igor Khripunov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k9Nw2mZlLAtbZOJdTmnbX4Vj8hK.jpg)
Igor Khripunov
Philippov
![Mark Noble](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mNlwBaWbF6uDTjUqRQxpI4eKMxK.jpg)
Mark Noble
Schmid
![Josefin Asplund](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2Tj6Vh61rZYXiMYUVatnuNJ7ekG.jpg)
Josefin Asplund
Paola
![Peter Seaton-Clark](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k0vKl2Z8RFmr7BD7znpYBZFh6QY.jpg)
Peter Seaton-Clark
Gofdrey
![Junsuke Kinoshita](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//51SvHhcbOymxsaJVc5gfSbtiGb5.jpg)
Junsuke Kinoshita
Kampomanes
![Vladimir Khalturin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3ekvSXJsfBw0DZFjmz2UjU8b20G.jpg)
Vladimir Khalturin
Spasskiy
![Pekka Strang](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jwdCn28StamxguWrEju6Aorjgrm.jpg)
Pekka Strang
Fischer
![Daniyar Alshinov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fyNywpg1WA4zSUcy5XGeDwxzIXX.jpg)
Daniyar Alshinov
Captain Romeo
![Armen Ananikyan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Armen Ananikyan
Petrosyan
![Vladimir Andreyev](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//j979Q6KThK1jMQmh4W3HGmXbc7Y.jpg)
Vladimir Andreyev
Luzhniki announcer
![Sesil Plezhe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3LoAgyUnMtCnIM7REckoj3PmOzX.jpg)
Sesil Plezhe
Press room journalist
![Sergey Genkin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//saSXV10PUHStlBWDwwVxqrrZTyo.jpg)
Sergey Genkin
Roommate
![Pyotr Vins](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Pyotr Vins
Murei Yakov
![Alexandr Gorelov](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alexandr Gorelov
Polugaevskiy
![Igor Zakharov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gbDgHYj0uAmj49WsRAwqpau1WHr.jpg)
Igor Zakharov
Grigoriy Naumovich
![Anastasiya Imamova](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3u1dfdSgwsBO5MDV7AOtqukaM1.jpg)
Anastasiya Imamova
Accountant
![Mikhail Kalinichev](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2yM3Tg5Wki0yWXkgSOJR826VPwu.jpg)
Mikhail Kalinichev
Zlatoust audience
![Grant Kagramanyan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//piioEyGAnsA12Q7PApLHxSDjYqI.jpg)
Grant Kagramanyan
Chess player
![Nikolay Drozdovsky](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//e9vwTChkkEvJBZpupVOsb5KVlfR.jpg)
Nikolay Drozdovsky
Korchnoi's parapsychologist
![Ivan Perković](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ivan Perković
Fragella
![Vladimir Tashlykov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gmixyKEzWarDbl1V0zkm2misjgY.jpg)
Vladimir Tashlykov
Professor Melnikov
![Evgeny Chupin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6rV5tnQ9QE4yyRY3a8TfviVEaX0.jpg)
Evgeny Chupin
Main grandmaster
![Sergey Shokolov](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9YCEmaNhRL168zfLcfueySbDzuD.jpg)
Sergey Shokolov
Brezhnev's referent
![Radoje Čupić](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x7Yu0NO5l8Q7ymUAl5PJNlsxE4c.jpg)
Radoje Čupić
Kazhic
![Grant Amiryan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)