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The Great Chess Movie

  • September 1982
  • 1hr

    20mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Gilles Carle,

    Camille Coudari,

    Starring

    Pascal Rollin,

    Bobby Fischer,

    Anatoli Karpov,

    Viktor Kortchnoi

    ...

    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.