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2021 Russian film
Champion of the World
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Aleksey Sidorov Written by Aleksey Sidorov Produced by
Leonid Vereshchagin
Anton Zlatopolskiy
Nikita Mikhalkov
Rafael Minasbekyan
Aleksey Sidorov
Sergey Gurevich
Mikhail Kitaev
Starring Cinematography Mikhail Milashin Music by Artyom Vasilev (
ru ) Production companies
Distributed by
Central Partnership Release date
30 December 2021 (2021-12-30 )
Running time
121 minutes Country Russia Language Russian Budget ₽550 million
Champion of the World (
Russian : Чемпион мира ,
romanized : Chempion mira ) is a 2021 Russian
sports drama film written and directed by
Aleksey Sidorov .
[1] The film tells the story of the rivalry between the
Soviet Union 's venerable sports artist, chess player Anatoly Karpov, who is competing against Viktor Korchnoi for the title of
World Chess Championship .
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It was theatrically released on 30 December 2021 by
Central Partnership .
The film tells about the famous
World Chess Championship in 1978 , against the background of which the chess player Anatoly Karpov loses his family, faces the betrayal and intrigues of the CIA, as well as pressure from the party.
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Fyodor Dobronravov as Anatoly Karpov's father
Mikhail Teynik as
Yuri Balashov , grandmaster, Anatoly Karpov's second
Anatoly Kot as
Igor Zaitsev , grandmaster, Anatoly Karpov's second
Dmitry Iosifov as Mikhail Tal, Soviet chess player, eighth world champion, consultant to Anatoly Karpov
Anton Bogdanov as Vasily Brykin, chef, Anatoly Karpov's team
Dmitry Miller as
Sevastyanov , Chairman of the
USSR Chess Federation
Aleksandr Filippenko as
General Secretary
Leonid Brezhnev
David Brodsky as Boris Zelenin
Armen Ananikyan as Tigran Petrosian, Soviet chess player, ninth world champion
Vladimir Khalturin as Boris Spassky, Soviet chess player, tenth world champion
Aleksandr Gorelov as Lev Polugaevsky, Soviet chess player
Pekka Strang as
Bobby Fischer , American chess player, eleventh world champion
Josefin Asplund as Paola, Viktor Korchnoi's cohabitant
John Warren as Raymond Keene, English chess player, Viktor Korchnoi's second
Reilly Costigan as Michael Stean, English chess player, Viktor Korchnoi's second
Pascal Durier as Max Euwe, Dutch chess player and functionary, fifth world champion and FIDE president
Junsuke Kinoshita as Florencio Campomanes, FIDE Vice President
Aleksandr Kan as Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines
In 2019, the film was included in the list of 14 film projects that will receive financial support from the
Cinema Foundation .
Principal photography began in July 2020 and lasted until March 2021, taking place in
Spain ,
Netherlands ,
Thailand ,
Philippines , and
Moscow ,
Russia .
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