The Great Chess Movie
1982 · 79 min · DocumentaryNR
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.
- Directors
- Camille Coudari, Gilles Carle
- Released
- September 10, 1982
- Language
- French
Cast
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