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The Great Chess Movie

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The Great Chess Movie

📅 1982🌐 ENMovie

Genres

Documentary

Overview

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.

Details

🎬 Type: Movie

📅 Year: 1982

Rating: 7.5/10

Cast

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Pascal Rollin

Narrator (voice)

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Anatoli Karpov

Self

Viktor Kortchnoi

Self

Fernando Arrabal profile photo

Fernando Arrabal

Self

Boris Spassky

Self

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Bobby Fischer

Self (archive footage)

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