Grandmaster
Chess player Sergei Khlobnikov never set winning as his goal in the game. Emotional and averse to pragmatism, he rarely won tournaments. But eventually, his time came.
Andrey Myagkov
Sergey Khlebnikov
Viktor Korchnoi
Khlebnikov's Coach
Larisa Malevannaya
Elena Dontsova
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Orlov
Lyudmila Kasatkina
Mikhail Kozakov
Efim Kopelyan
Nikolai Volkov St.
Tamara Sovchi
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Vladimir Tatosov
Anna Tvelenyova
Roman Filippov
Petr Shelokhonov
Marc Taimanov
Mikhail Tal
Yuriy Averbakh
Boris Volkov
Aleksandr Kotov
Chess grandmaster
Leonid Zorin
Writer
Sergey Mikaelyan
Director
Venyamin Basner
Original Music Composer
Yevgeni Mezentsev
Director of Photography
Boris Burmistrov
Production Design
B. Livshits
Sound Director
V. Terentyev
Assistant Director
Valery Mironov
Camera Operator
Izolda Golovko
Editor
Vsevolod Schwarts
Script Editor
Diana Mane
Costume Design
Vera Zelinskaya
Set Decoration
Vadim Khalaimov
Makeup Artist
L. Rogaleva
First Assistant Director
V. Tomakh
Second Assistant Director
S. Nikitin
Third Assistant Director
G. Murashov
Assistant Camera
Mikhail Shamkovich
VFX Director of Photography
Mariya Kandat
VFX Artist
Yuriy Averbakh
Script Consultant
Viktor Baturinskiy
Script Consultant
Anatoli Badkhen
Conductor
Grigori Prusovsky
Executive Producer