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.

Cast

Galina Belyaeva

Sashenka Mojaeva

César Évora Díaz

Capablanca

Eslinda Núñez

Adolfo Llauradó

Boris Nevzorov

N/A

Javier Ávila

Marina Yakovleva

Beatriz Valdés

N/A

Ramón Veloz

Alejandro Lugo

N/A

Rogelio Meneses

Vladimir Cruz