Grandmaster (1973)
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.
Director: Sergey Mikaelyan
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Andrey Myagkov as Sergey Khlebnikov |
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Viktor Korchnoi as Khlebnikov's Coach |
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Larisa Malevannaya as Elena Dontsova |
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Emmanuil Vitorgan as Orlov |
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Lyudmila Kasatkina as |
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Mikhail Kozakov as |
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Efim Kopelyan as |
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Nikolai Volkov St. as |
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Tamara Sovchi as |
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn as |
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Vladimir Tatosov as |
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Anna Tvelenyova as |
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Roman Filippov as |
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Petr Shelokhonov as |
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Marc Taimanov as |
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Mikhail Tal as |
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Yuriy Averbakh as |
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Boris Volkov as |
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Aleksandr Kotov as Chess grandmaster |
| Directing | Sergey Mikaelyan | Director |
| Writing | Leonid Zorin | Writer |
| Sound | Venyamin Basner | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yevgeni Mezentsev | Director of Photography |
| Art | Boris Burmistrov | Production Design |
| Sound | B. Livshits | Sound Director |
| Directing | V. Terentyev | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Valery Mironov | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Izolda Golovko | Editor |
| Writing | Vsevolod Schwarts | Script Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diana Mane | Costume Design |
| Art | Vera Zelinskaya | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vadim Khalaimov | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | L. Rogaleva | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Tomakh | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | S. Nikitin | Third Assistant Director |
| Camera | G. Murashov | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Shamkovich | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Mariya Kandat | VFX Artist |
| Writing | Yuriy Averbakh | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Viktor Baturinskiy | Script Consultant |
| Sound | Anatoli Badkhen | Conductor |
| Production | Grigori Prusovsky | Executive Producer |