The Great Chess Movie (1982)
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In this Gilles Carle feature documentary on the game of chess, the international chess match is cast as a classic Western shoot-out. Three chess greats dominate the film: Russia's Anatoly Karpov; Viktor Korchnoi, a Russian defector; and American Bobby Fischer. Chess aficionados Camille Coudari and Fernando Arrabal analyze the personalities and strategies of the players and comment on the interplay of politics and chess.
- Date of release
- 1982-09-10
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Camille Coudari, Gilles Carle
Casting
- Pascal Rollin — Narrator (voice)
- Anatoli Karpov — Self
- Viktor Kortchnoi — Self
- Fernando Arrabal — Self
- Boris Spassky — Self
- Bobby Fischer — Self (archive footage)
Interesting facts
The Great Chess Movie is a 1982 Canadian film directed by Gilles Carle and Camille Coudari, starring Bobby Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi, Anatoly Karpov and Ljubomir Ljubojević among other notable chess players.
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