Released:
1982-09-10

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 19min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Pascal Rollin
  as
  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Anatoli Karpov
  as
  Self
• 
  Viktor Kortchnoi
  as
  Self
• 
  Fernando Arrabal
  as
  Self
• 
  Boris Spassky
  as
  Self