Capablanca

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.

Country:

Cuba,

Soviet Union

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

0 minutes

Year:

1987

Director:

Manuel Herrera

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Company:

Gorky Film Studios,

ICAIC

Cast:

Sashenka Mojaeva

Capablanca

Crew:

Writer

Director of Photography

Writer

Production Design

Producer