The World Champion
145 mins
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.
Irina Zamula
French reporter
Vartan Torosyan
Announcer's helper
Armen Ananikyan
Petrosyan
Pyotr Vins
Murei Yakov
Alexandr Gorelov
Polugaevskiy
Ivan Perković
Fragella
Grant Amiryan
Bit part
Artyom Vasilev
Original Music Composer
Margarita Lenskikh
Casting Director
Aleksandr Vdovenko
Steadicam Operator
Ekaterina Molochnaya
Assistant Director
Pavel Bezborodov
VFX Supervisor
Filipp Yuzhanin
Additional Director of Photography
Aleksandr Samokhvalov
Stunt Coordinator
Alexey Samodelko
Sound Director
Mikhail Milashin
Director of Photography
Ulyana Polyanskaya
Costume Designer
