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The Great Chess Movie

Documentary
7.5·1982·1h 19m

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 great...

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Cast

Pascal Rollin

Pascal Rollin

Narrator (voice)

Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

Self

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Viktor Kortchnoi

Self

Fernando Arrabal

Fernando Arrabal

Self

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Boris Spassky

Self

Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer

Self (archive footage)

DIRECTORS

Camille Coudari, Gilles Carle

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.