The Great Chess Movie

The Great Chess Movie

1982 fr 80 minutes

Rating: 7

Plot

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

Self - Narrator (voice)

Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer

Self

Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

Self

Viktor Kortchnoi

Viktor Kortchnoi

Self

Fernando Arrabal

Fernando Arrabal

Self

Boris Spassky

Boris Spassky

Self

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