The Great Chess Movie

The Great Chess Movie

1982/09/10 • Released • French

Documentary
7.0
1h 20m

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 : Gilles Carle

Casts
Pascal Rollin

Pascal Rollin

Self - Narrator (voice)

Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer

Self

Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

Self

Viktor Kortchnoi

Self

Fernando Arrabal

Fernando Arrabal

Self

Boris Spassky

Self

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