The Great Chess Movie
Documentary
7.5
7.51h 19m
September 10, 1982
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.
Director
Camille Coudari
Cast
Pascal Rollin
Narrator (voice)
Anatoli Karpov
Self
V
Viktor Kortchnoi
Self
Fernando Arrabal
Self
B
Boris Spassky
Self
Bobby Fischer
Self (archive footage)
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