Film · Documentary
The Great Chess Movie (1982)
★ 7.5 · 2 votes1 h 19 minDocumentary1982
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.
- Director
- Camille Coudari, Gilles Carle
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- French
- Release date
- September 10, 1982
- Original title
- Jouer sa vie
Cast
Pascal RollinNarrator (voice)
Anatoli KarpovSelf- Viktor KortchnoiSelf
Fernando ArrabalSelf- Boris SpasskySelf
Bobby FischerSelf (archive footage)
