The Great Chess Movie (1982)

• 69%
• 1982
• Documentary
• Camille Coudari
• Gilles Carle
• Pascal Rollin
• Anatoli Karpov
• Viktor Kortchnoi

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.