Synopsis
1925. José Raúl Capablanca, a famous Cuban chess player and employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives in Moscow for an international chess tournament. The trip, taking place under Machado's dictatorship, casts doubt on his future in this position. The film shows Capablanca's dramatic matches with Lasker, Tartakower, and Bogolubov, his tragic love for Bolshoi Theatre ballerina Sasha Mozhaeva, and a simultaneous game in which he lost to the very young Mikhail Botvinnik.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
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Key crew
- Eliseo Alberto Writer
- Dal OrlovWriter
- Manuel HerreraWriter
- Manuel HerreraDirector
Cast
- Galina BelyaevaSashenka Mojaeva
- César Évora DíazCapablanca
- Eslinda NúñezCast
- Adolfo LlauradóCast
- Boris NevzorovCast
- Javier ÁvilaCast
- Marina YakovlevaCast
- Beatriz ValdésCast
- Ramón VelozCast
- Alejandro LugoCast
- Rogelio MenesesCast
- Vladimir CruzCast