Capablanca
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.
About Capablanca (1987)
Released in 1987, Capablanca is a drama film from Gorky Film Studios (Cuba). It was directed by Manuel Herrera and written by Eliseo Alberto and Manuel Herrera. The cast is led by Galina Belyaeva, César Évora Díaz, Eslinda Núñez, Adolfo Llauradó and Boris Nevzorov. the film averages 7.0/10 across 1 TMDB ratings.
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