The Great Chess Movie
The Great Chess Movie
Watch the great chess movie Soap2Day. 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.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Canada
- Director: Camille Coudari, Gilles Carle
- Cast: Pascal Rollin, Bobby Fischer, Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Kortchnoi, Fernando Arrabal, Boris Spassky
