The Great Chess Movie

The Great Chess Movie (1982)

7.5 79 min Movie
Documentary

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
Viktor Kortchnoi Viktor Kortchnoi Self
Fernando Arrabal Fernando Arrabal Self
Boris Spassky Boris Spassky Self
Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Self (archive footage)

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