The Great Chess Movie

The Great Chess Movie

Release Date: 1982-09-10
Language: FR
Country: 🇨🇦 CA
Rating: ⭐ 7.0 / 10 ( 1 votes )
Runtime: 1h 19m

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.

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Cast

Pascal Rollin
Pascal Rollin
Narrator (voice)
Anatoli Karpov
Anatoli Karpov
Self
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Viktor Kortchnoi
Self
Fernando Arrabal
Fernando Arrabal
Self
No Photo
Boris Spassky
Self
Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer
Self (archive footage)

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