The Great Chess Movie (movie)
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- Production country: Canada
- Producer: Camille Coudari , Gilles Carle
- Production companies: ONF | NFB, Société Radio-Canada
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 9/10/1982
- Run time: 80 min.
Movie description
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.
