The World Champion
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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.
Alexey Sidorov Director Mikhail Milashin Director of Photography Dmitry Korabelnikov Editor Artyom Vasilev Original Music Composer Alexey Sidorov Screenplay Nikita Mikhalkov Producer Leonid Vereshchagin Producer Rafael Minasbekyan Producer Anton Zlatopolskiy Producer Alexey Sidorov Producer Sergei Gurevich Producer Sergey Agin Production Design
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