The Great Chess Movie
Camille Coudari1982-09-10
7
80 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Pascal Rollin | Self - Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Bobby Fischer | Self | Unowned |
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Anatoli Karpov | Self | Unowned |
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Viktor Kortchnoi | Self | Unowned |
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Fernando Arrabal | Self | Unowned |
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Boris Spassky | Self | Unowned |