10 May 2024
Dabaru
Dabaru is a melodramatic tale about a young chess player named Surya who rose from the alleys of North Kolkata to become a grand master.
The World Champion
Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high.
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Константин Хабенский Korchnoi
Иван Янковский Karpov
Владимир Вдовиченков Gradov
Виктор Добронравов Sergey Maksimov
Виктор Сухоруков Viktor Baturinskiy
Диана Пожарская Veronika
Анатолий Кот Igor Zaytsev
Михаил Тройник Yuriy Balashov
Александр Филиппенко Leonid Brezhnev
Лариса Шахворостова Karpov's mother
Антон Богданов Vasiliy Brykin
Дмитрий Миллер Sevastyanov
Зураб Миминошвили Guladze
David Brodsky Boris Zelenin
Дмитрий Иосифов Mikhail Tal
Арсений Тополага Pavel
Денис Котов Reporter
Антон Лунин Wedding photographer
Irina Zamula French reporter
Сергей Тактаров
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