The World Champion [589752] Released: 2021-12-30 Revenue: $0 Budget: $7,535,000 Profit: $-7,535,000 Runtime: 145 mins Popularity: 1.2007 Vote Average: 6.333 Vote Count: 30 Overview: 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. Cast [50] Konstantin KhabenskiyKorchnoi Ivan YankovskyKarpov Vladimir VdovichenkovGradov Victor DobronravovSergey Maksimov Viktor SukhorukovViktor Baturinsk Diana PozharskayaVeronika Anatoly KotIgor Zaytsev Mikhail TroynikYuriy Balashov Aleksandr FilippenkoLeonid Brezhnev Larisa ShakhvorostovaKarpov's mother Anton BogdanovVasiliy Brykin Dmitriy MillerSevastyanov Zurab MiminoshviliGuladze David BrodskyBoris Zelenin Dmitriy IosifovMikhail Tal Arseny TopolagaPavel Denis KotovReporter Anton LuninWedding photogra Irina ZamulaFrench reporter Sergey Taktarov Vartan TorosyanAnnouncer's help Alyona KimMarisol Leon AvtaevChess player Fyodor DobronravovKarpov's father Vladimir ZaytsevAranovich Igor KhripunovPhilippov Mark NobleSchmid Josefin AsplundPaola Peter Seaton-ClarkGofdrey Junsuke KinoshitaKampomanes Vladimir KhalturinSpasskiy Pekka StrangFischer Daniyar AlshinovCaptain Romeo Armen AnanikyanPetrosyan Vladimir AndreyevLuzhniki announc Sesil PlezhePress room journ Sergey GenkinRoommate Pyotr VinsMurei Yakov Alexandr GorelovPolugaevskiy Igor ZakharovGrigoriy Naumovi Anastasiya ImamovaAccountant Mikhail KalinichevZlatoust audienc Grant KagramanyanChess player Nikolay DrozdovskyKorchnoi's parap Ivan PerkovićFragella Vladimir TashlykovProfessor Melnik Evgeny ChupinMain grandmaster Sergey ShokolovBrezhnev's refer Radoje ČupićKazhic Grant AmiryanBit part Trailers