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The World Champion

The World Champion

2h 25 min

2021

Russia

6.4

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.

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Cast

Ivan Yankovskiy

Anatoliy Karpov

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Viktor Korchnoy

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Gradov

Fyodor Dobronravov

Fyodor Dobronravov

Evgeniy Karpov

Viktor Sukhorukov

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Viktor Baturinskiy

Diana Pozharskaya

Diana Pozharskaya

Veronika

Aleksandr Filippenko

Aleksandr Filippenko

Leonid Brezhnev

David Brodskiy

Boris Zelenin

Viktor Dobronravov

Viktor Dobronravov

Sergey Maksimov

Mikhail Troynik

Mikhail Troynik

Yuriy Balashov