The Great Chess Movie | |
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French | Jouer sa vie |
Directed by | Gilles Carle Camille Coudari |
Starring | Bobby Fischer Viktor Korchnoi Anatoly Karpov Ljubomir Ljubojević Fernando Arrabal! |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The Great Chess Movie (French: 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]