The Great Chess Movie

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.

• Camille CoudariDirector
• Gilles CarleDirector

• Pascal RollinNarrator (voice)
• Anatoli KarpovSelf
• Viktor KortchnoiSelf
• Fernando ArrabalSelf
• Boris SpasskySelf
• Bobby FischerSelf (archive footage)