The Great Chess Movie (1982) — Watch Online

Name: The Great Chess Movie
Director: Gilles Carle
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1982-09-10
Duration: 1 h 19 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Pascal Rollin, Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Kortchnoi, Fernando Arrabal, Boris Spassky

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About the film

Audience score

★ 7.5 /10

based on 2 votes

Synopsis

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.

Documentary

Cast

6 principal cast

Pascal Rollin

Narrator (voice)

Anatoli Karpov

Self

Viktor Kortchnoi

Self

Fernando Arrabal

Self

Boris Spassky

Self

Bobby Fischer

Self (archive footage)

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