Pelé: King of the Game vs The Great Chess Movie
Pelé: King of the Game has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Great Chess Movie). The Great Chess Movie is the older of the two (1982 against 2023). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Pelé: King of the Game
The Great Chess Movie| Pelé: King of the Game | The Great Chess Movie | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 1982 |
| Length | – | 1h 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Louis Dubreuil | Camille Coudari, Gilles Carle |
| Main cast | – | Pascal Rollin, Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Kortchnoi, Fernando Arrabal, Boris Spassky |
Synopsis
Pelé: King of the Game
The Great Chess Movie
In this Gilles Carle feature documentary on the game of chess, the international chess match is cast as a classic Western shoot-out. Three chess greats dominate the film: Russia's Anatoly Karpov; Viktor Korchnoi, a Russian defector; and American Bobby Fischer. Chess aficionados Camille Coudari and Fernando Arrabal analyze the personalities and strategies of the players and comment on the interplay of politics and chess.
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