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The Great Chess Movie

The Great Chess Movie

Documentary
1982, Movie, 1h 19min
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.
Country: Canada
Cast:
Fernando Arrabal,
Bobby Fischer,
Anatoli Karpov,
Pascal Rollin
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Gilles Carle
Director
Camille Coudari
Director
Bobby Fischer
As Self (archive footage)
Anatoli Karpov
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Pascal Rollin
As Narrator (voice)
Anatoly Carpov
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