Champion of the World (2021 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	Ivan Yankovsky Konstantin Khabensky Vladimir Vdovichenkov Viktor Dobronravov Viktor Sukhorukov Diana Pozharskaya
Cinematography	Mikhail Milashin
Music by	Artyom Vasilev (ru)
Production companies	Central Partnership KIT Film Studio TriTe Productions Cinema Fund
Distributed by	Central Partnership
Release date	December 30, 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.^[2]

It is scheduled to be theatrically released on December 30, 2021 by Central Partnership.

Plot[]

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.^[3]

Cast[]

• Ivan Yankovsky as Anatoly Karpov
• Konstantin Khabensky as Viktor Korchnoi
• Vladimir Vdovichenkov as head of the USSR Sports Gradov
• Viktor Dobronravov as Sergei Maksimov, a KGB officer in the Anatoly Karpov's team
• Viktor Sukhorukov as Viktor Baturinsky, Anatoly Karpov's team leader
• Diana Pozharskaya as Veronika Karpova, Anatoly Karpov's wife

Other cast[]

• Fyodor Dobronravov as Anatoly Karpov's father
• Mikhail Teynik as Yuri Balashov, Anatoly Karpov's second
• Anatoly Kot as Igor Zaitsev, Anatoly Karpov's second
• Aleksandr Filippenko as General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev
• Anton Bogdanov as Vasily Brykin, the chef of Anatoly Karpov's team
• Arseny Topolaga as Pavel
• Alyona Kim as Marisol
• Dmitry Miller as Sevastyanov
• Igor Zakharov as Grigory Naumovich
• David Brodsky as Boris Zelenin
• Anton Konovalov as a chess player
• Sergey Shokolov as Brezhnev's assistant
• Zurab Miminoshvili as Alexander Guladze
• Pekka Strang as Bobby Fischer
• Mark Noble as Schmid
• Peter Seaton-Clark as Godfrey

Production[]

In 2019, the film was included in the list of 14 film projects that will receive financial support from the Cinema Foundation.

Filming[]

Principal photography began in July 2020 and lasted until March 2021, taking place in Spain, Netherlands, Thailand, Philippines, and Moscow, Russia.^[4][5]

References[]

External links[]

• Champion of the World at IMDb

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