![The Great Chess Movie](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fk9AVnROpZGhGFDoAyf5xfI9CjC.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | N/A |
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Director | Camille Coudari & Gilles Carle |
Actor | Pascal Rollin, Bobby Fischer, Anatoli Karpov |
Country | Canada |
Production | ONF | NFB |