The Great Chess Movie

    The Great Chess Movie
    1982

    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.

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    Cast

    • Pascal RollinSelf - Narrator (voice)
    • Bobby FischerSelf
    • Anatoli KarpovSelf
    • Viktor KortchnoiSelf
    • Fernando ArrabalSelf
    • Boris SpasskySelf

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