
Capablanca
The story
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 & crew

Galina Belyaeva
Sashenka Mojaeva

César Évora Díaz
Capablanca

Eslinda Núñez

Adolfo Llauradó

Boris Nevzorov
Javier Ávila

Marina Yakovleva

Beatriz Valdés
Ramón Veloz
Alejandro Lugo
Rogelio Meneses

Vladimir Cruz

Andrei Gusev

Igor Shavlak

Igor Klebanov
Cinematography
Nikolai Velmiskin
Producer
Sergio Vitier
Music
Manuel Herrera
Director