Capablanca
1987, Spanish. Directed by Manuel Herrera.
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.
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- Spanish
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- Released
- 10 August 1987
- Country
- Cuba, Soviet Union
- Written by
- Eliseo Alberto , Dal Orlov, Manuel Herrera
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Capablanca (1987) was directed by Manuel Herrera and stars Galina Belyaeva, César Évora Díaz, Eslinda Núñez.