Aleksey SIDOROV
Алексей СИДОРОВ
Alekseï SIDOROV
Russia, 2021, 145mn 
fiction
Chempion mira
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Чемпион мира

 

 World Champion

 Champion du monde

 
Directed by : Aleksey SIDOROV (Алексей СИДОРОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksey SIDOROV (Алексей СИДОРОВ)
 
Cast
Konstantin KHABENSKY (Константин ХАБЕНСКИЙ) ...Korchnoy
Ivan YANKOVSKY (Иван ЯНКОВСКИЙ) ...Karpov
Vladimir VDOVICHENKOV (Владимир ВДОВИЧЕНКОВ)
Viktor DOBRONRAVOV (Виктор ДОБРОНРАВОВ)
Diana POZHARSKAYA (Диана ПОЖАРСКАЯ)
Viktor SUKHORUKOV (Виктор СУХОРУКОВ)
 
Cinematography : Mikhail MILASHIN (Михаил МИЛАШИН)
Production design : Sergey AGIN (Сергей АГИН), Ulyana POLIANSKAIA (Ульяна ПОЛЯНСКАЯ)
Produced by : Nikita MIKHALKOV (Никита МИХАЛКОВ), Leonid VERESHCHAGIN (Леонид ВЕРЕЩАГИН), Anton ZLATOPOLSKY (Антон ЗЛАТОПОЛЬСКИЙ)
Companies : Trite, Telekanal "Rossia 1"
Film revenue in Russia : 5.7066 million dollars
Spectators : 1 260 592
Release Date in Russia : 30/12/2021
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Best film Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2023
Best actor Ivan YANKOVSKY , Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2023

Plot synopsis
A film about the most dramatic and legendary match in the history of chess: the match for the world title between the reigning world champion Anatoly Karpov and the contender for this title - grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, who emigrated from the USSR several years before this match.
 

commentaries
Aleksei Sidorov: World Champion (Chempion mira, 2022), Peter ROLLBERG, Kinokultura, 2024
Huit films russes sur le sport à voir absolument, Anna POPOVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2024
RUSSIA BEYOND : Cinq nouveaux films sur l’histoire de Russie attendus en 2021, Boris EGOROV, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2021
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Sport in Russian and Soviet feature films, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2023
- Belgrade International Film Festival, Belgrade (Serbia), 2023