Overview
Chess player Sergei Khlobnikov never set winning as his goal in the game. Emotional and averse to pragmatism, he rarely won tournaments. But eventually, his time came.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Veniamin Basner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Yevgeny Mezentsev
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Leonid ZorinWriter
- Original title
- Гроссмейстер
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 13, 1973
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
Andrey MyagkovSergey Khlebnikov
Viktor KorchnoiKhlebnikov's Coach
Larisa MalevannayaElena Dontsova
Emmanuil VitorganOrlov
Lyudmila Kasatkina
Mikhail Kozakov
Efim Kopelyan
Nikolai Volkov St.
Tamara Sovchi
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Vladimir Tatosov
Anna Tvelenyova
Roman Filippov
Petr Shelokhonov
Marc Taimanov
Mikhail Tal
Yuriy Averbakh- Boris Volkov
- Aleksandr KotovChess grandmaster
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