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Capablanca

06/11/1987

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0hr 0min

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Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Galina Belyaeva
  • César Évora
  • Eslinda Núñez
  • Adolfo Llauradó
  • Boris Nevzorov

    Director

  • Manuel Herrera

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Gorky Film Studios
  • ICAIC

    Production Countries

  • Cuba
  • Soviet Union

LANGUAGES

  • Russian

Cast

Galina Belyaeva

Sashenka Mojaeva

César Évora

Capablanca

Eslinda Núñez

Adolfo Llauradó

Boris Nevzorov

Javier Ávila

Marina Yakovleva

Beatriz Valdés

Ramón Veloz

Alejandro Lugo