The Great Chess Movie | |
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Director: | Gilles Carle Camille Coudari |
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Starring: | Bobby Fischer Viktor Korchnoi Anatoly Karpov Ljubomir Ljubojević Fernando Arrabal! |
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Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
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Runtime: | 80 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
The Great Chess Movie (fr|Jouer sa vie) is a 1982 Canadian film directed by Gilles Carle and Camille Coudari, starring Bobby Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi, Anatoly Karpov and Ljubomir Ljubojević among other notable chess players.
The 80-minute documentary is produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Documentary at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983.[1] It also won the Best Canadian Short Film category at 1982 Montréal World Film Festival.[2]