Movie
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Overview
The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-06-06
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Moxie Firecracker Films, LM Media Production, HBO Documentary Films
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Bobby Fischer as Himself (archive footage)
- Henry Kissinger as Himself
- Harry Benson as Self
- Garry Kasparov as Self
- Judit Polgar as Self
- Larry Evans as Self
- Asa Hoffmann as Self
- Mikhail Tal as Self (archive footage)
- Anatoli Karpov as Self (archive footage)
- Boris Spassky as Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Liz Garbus - Director
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