Capablanca

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Capablanca (1987)

Directed by Manuel Herrera

Drama

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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Cast

Crew

Director
Manuel Herrera
Writer
Eliseo Alberto , Manuel Herrera, Dal Orlov
Director of Photography
Igor Klebanov
Producer
Nikolai Velmiskin

Details

Release date
1987-08-10
Genres
Drama
Original language
ES
Spoken languages
Russian
Countries
Cuba, Soviet Union
Production
Gorky Film Studios, ICAIC