The Great Chess Movie vs The Unsolved Killings of Jack the Ripper
The Unsolved Killings of Jack the Ripper has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Great Chess Movie). The Unsolved Killings of Jack the Ripper is the shorter watch at 48m compared with 1h 19m. The Great Chess Movie is the older of the two (1982 against 2023). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Great Chess Movie
The Unsolved Killings of Jack the Ripper| The Great Chess Movie | The Unsolved Killings of Jack the Ripper | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1982 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 19m | 48m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Camille Coudari, Gilles Carle | Rebekah Lowri Llewelyn |
| Main cast | Pascal Rollin, Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Kortchnoi, Fernando Arrabal, Boris Spassky | – |
Synopsis
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.
The Unsolved Killings of Jack the Ripper
In the autumn of 1888, a string of bloody murders rocked East London. Week after terrible week, the tabloids report the death of yet another Whitechapel resident. The police are left baffled, and investigations grow cold with no lead to who the killer may be. Known to history as Jack the Ripper, there are many theories as to who was guilty of the brutal Whitechapel killings. Through reenactment and interviews, this documentary film investigates…
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