The Great Chess Movie

Name: The Great Chess Movie
Director: Camille Coudari
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1982-09-10
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Pascal Rollin, Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Kortchnoi, Fernando Arrabal, Boris Spassky

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The Great Chess Movie

*7.5

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Released

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ONF | NFB

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1982-09-10

The Great Chess Movie

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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