--- title: 'Magnus - The Mozart of Chess (2016)' type: 'film' director: 'Benjamin Ree' released: '2016-01-01' runtime_minutes: 75 genres: - 'Documentary' countries: - 'Norway' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/magnus-the-mozart-of-chess-2016' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5471480/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Magnus - The Mozart of Chess (2016) 2016 · 75 min · Documentary · Norway Original title: Magnus ## Synopsis Magnus is a 2016 documentary film by Benjamin Ree about the early life of Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen, him becoming a Grandmaster at age 13 and winning the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2013. The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2016, and was sold to 64 countries. ## Credits - **Director:** [Benjamin Ree](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-ree) - **Screenplay:** [Benjamin Ree](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-ree), [Linn-Jeanethe Kyed](https://cinepixo.com/people/linn-jeanethe-kyed) - **Director of Photography:** [Benjamin Ree](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-ree), [Øyvind Asbjørnsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvind-asbj-rnsen) - **Producer:** [Even Benestad](https://cinepixo.com/people/even-benestad), [Kristoffer Metcalfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristoffer-metcalfe), [Øyvind Asbjørnsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvind-asbj-rnsen), [Aage Aaberge](https://cinepixo.com/people/aage-aaberge), [Sigurd Mikal Karoliussen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigurd-mikal-karoliussen) - **Editor:** [Per Erik Eriksen](https://cinepixo.com/people/per-erik-eriksen), [Martin Stoltz](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-stoltz) ## Cast - [Viswanathan Anand](https://cinepixo.com/people/viswanathan-anand) - [Garry Kasparov](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-kasparov) - [Magnus Carlsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/magnus-carlsen) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/magnus-the-mozart-of-chess-2016 Film facts: Wikidata (Q24659713); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.