Movie Description
Capablanca
(1987)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Manuel Herrera
- Producer : Nikolai Velmiskin
- Writer : Eliseo Alberto ,Manuel Herrera,Dal Orlov
- Cast : Galina Belyaeva,César Évora Díaz,Eslinda Núñez,Adolfo Llauradó,Boris Nevzorov,Javier Ávila,Marina Yakovleva,Beatriz Valdés,Ramón Veloz,Alejandro Lugo,Rogelio Meneses,Vladimir Cruz,Andrei Gusev,Igor Shavlak,Aleksandr Garin,Grigoriy Lyampe,Elena Kostina,Vladimir Razumovskiy,Dmitriy Orlovskiy,Vladimir Udalov,Valeri Kuzin,Alexander Zagrudny
Cast
Sashenka Mojaeva
Capablanca
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Facts
Original TitleCapablanca
Status Released
Release Information
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1987-06-11
Original LanguageUnknown
Production CompaniesGorky Film Studios,ICAIC
Genres
- Drama
