Jouer sa vie
Released: September 10, 1982Runtime: 79 minLanguage: FR
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.
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Anatoli Karpov
as Self
Viktor Korchnoi
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Bobby Fischer
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Ljubomir Ljubojevic
as Self - International Grandmaster, Yugoslavia
Jan Timman
as Self - International Grandmaster, Holland
Vlastimil Hort
as Self - International Grandmaster, Czechoslovakia
Igor Ivanov
as Self - Dissident
Michael Valvo
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Jose Raul Capablanca
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Max Euwe
as Self - World Champion 1935-37, President of FIDE in 1972
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