---
title: 'Champion of the World (2021)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aleksey Sidorov'
released: '2021-12-30'
runtime_minutes: 145
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/champion-of-the-world-2021'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13930782/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Champion of the World (2021)

2021 · 145 min · Drama, History · Russia

Original title: Чемпион мира

## Synopsis

Champion of the World is a 2021 Russian sports drama film written and directed by Aleksey Sidorov. The film tells the story of the rivalry between the Soviet Union's venerable sports artist, chess player Anatoly Karpov, who is competing against Viktor Korchnoi for the title of World Chess Championship.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aleksey Sidorov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-sidorov)
- **Screenplay:** [Aleksey Sidorov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-sidorov)
- **Producer:** [Aleksey Sidorov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-sidorov), [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov), [Leonid Vereshchagin](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-vereshchagin), [Anton Zlatopolsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-zlatopolsky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Artyom Vasilyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/artyom-vasilyev)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mikhail Milashin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-milashin)

## Cast

- [Larisa Shakhvorostova](https://cinepixo.com/people/larisa-shakhvorostova) as Нина Григорьевна Карпова
- [Vladimir Vdovichenkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-vdovichenkov) as Sergei Pavlov
- [Konstantin Khabensky](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-khabensky) as Viktor Korchnoi
- [Viktor Sukhorukov](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-sukhorukov) as Victor Baturinsky
- [Fyodor Dobronravov](https://cinepixo.com/people/fyodor-dobronravov-2) as Евгений Степанович Карпов
- [Viktor Dobronravov](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-dobronravov) as Сергей Максимов
- [Dmitri Iosifov](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitri-iosifov) as Mikhail Tal
- [Anatoly Kot](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoly-kot) as Igor Zaitsev
- [Aleksandr Filippenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-filippenko) as Leonid Brezhnev
- [Josefin Asplund](https://cinepixo.com/people/josefin-asplund) as Паола
- [Vladimir Zaytsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-zaytsev)
- [Dmitry Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitry-miller) as Vitaly Sevastyanov
- [Ivan Yankovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-yankovsky) as Anatoly Karpov
- [Pekka Strang](https://cinepixo.com/people/pekka-strang) as Bobby Fischer
- [Junsuke Kinoshita](https://cinepixo.com/people/junsuke-kinoshita) as Florencio Campomanes

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/champion-of-the-world-2021
Film facts: Wikidata (Q65154506); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.