Capablanca
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1987-06-11
1925. José Raúl Capablanca, a famous Cuban chess player and employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives in Moscow for an international chess tournament. The trip, taking place under Machado's dictatorship, casts doubt on his future in this position. The film shows Capablanca's dramatic matches with Lasker, Tartakower, and Bogolubov, his tragic love for Bolshoi Theatre ballerina Sasha Mozhaeva, and a simultaneous game in which he lost to the very young Mikhail Botvinnik.
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1925. José Raúl Capablanca, a famous Cuban chess player and employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives in Moscow for an international chess tournament. The trip, taking place under Machado's dictatorship, casts doubt on his future in this position. The film shows Capablanca's dramatic matches with Lasker, Tartakower, and Bogolubov, his tragic love for Bolshoi Theatre ballerina Sasha Mozhaeva, and a simultaneous game in which he lost to the very young Mikhail Botvinnik.
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1987-06-11
Runtime
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Director
Manuel Herrera
Budget
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Revenue
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Genres
Drama
Language
Pусский
Production
Gorky Film Studios
ICAIC
Casts
Galina Belyaeva
Галина Беляева
César Évora
César Évora
Eslinda Núñez
Eslinda Núñez
Adolfo Llauradó
Adolfo Llauradó
Boris Nevzorov
Борис Невзоров
Javier Ávila
Javier Ávila
Marina Yakovleva
Марина Яковлева
Beatriz Valdés
Beatriz ValdésRamón Veloz
Ramón Veloz
Alejandro Lugo
Alejandro LugoRogelio Meneses
Rogelio Meneses
Vladimir Cruz
Vladimir Cruz
Andrei Gusev
Андрей Гусев
Igor Shavlak
Игорь Шавлак
Aleksandr Garin
Александр Гарин
Grigoriy Lyampe
Григорий Лямпе
Elena Kostina
Елена Костина
Vladimir Razumovskiy
Владимир Разумовский
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
Дмитрий ОрловскийVladimir Udalov
Владимир Удалов
Valeri Kuzin
Валерий КузинAlexander Zagrudny
Александр Загрудный