Capablanca

Capablanca

Movie 1987-06-11 Drama
★ 7.0 / 10 · 1 votes

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.

Status
Released
Released
1987-06-11
Studios
Gorky Film Studios , ICAIC
Country
Cuba
Language
Russian
Links
IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd
Director
Manuel Herrera
Cast
Galina Belyaeva Galina Belyaeva Sashenka Mojaeva César Évora Díaz César Évora Díaz Capablanca Eslinda Núñez Eslinda Núñez Adolfo Llauradó Adolfo Llauradó Boris Nevzorov Boris Nevzorov
Javier Ávila Javier Ávila
Marina Yakovleva Marina Yakovleva Beatriz Valdés Beatriz Valdés Ramón Veloz Ramón Veloz Alejandro Lugo Alejandro Lugo Rogelio Meneses Rogelio Meneses Vladimir Cruz Vladimir Cruz
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