''White Snow of Russia'' (russian: Белый снег России) is a 1980 Soviet biographical drama film directed by

Yuri Vyshinsky Yuri Mikhailovich Vyshinsky (russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Выши́нский; 24 September 1923 – 10 January 1990) was a Russian filmmaker and screenwriter. He became an Honored Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

Plot

The film is about chess player Alexander Alekhine, who becomes the world champion.

Details

Runtime: 91 minutes Country: Soviet Union Language: Russian Release Date: March 2, 1981 Also Known As: Belyy sneg Rossii

Cast

* Aleksandr Mikhaylov as Alexander Alekhine *

Vladimir Samoylov Vladimir Samoylov (russian: Владимир Самойлов, born 20 May 1876, date of death unknown) was a Russian fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska somma ...

as Aleksandr Kuprin *

Yuri Kayurov Yuri Ivanovich Kayurov (russian: Юрий Иванович Каюров; born 30 September 1927) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1979). Winner of two USSR State Prizes (1978, 1983). One of the most famou ...

as Nikolai Krylenko * Natalya Gundareva as Nadezhda * Krystyna Mikolajewska as Grace Wishard * Vsevolod Yakut as Emanuel Lasker * Boris Galkin as Salo Flohr *

Aleksandr Goloborodko Alexander Alexandrovich Goloborodko (russian: Александр Александрович Голобородько; born September 28, 1938) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater and cinema, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1988). Early life ...

as Valentin Volyanksy * Olegar Fedoro as Mikhailov * Vladimir Pitsek as

Francisco Lupi Francisco Lupi (March 6, 1920 – January 14, 1954) was a Portuguese chess master. In January 1940, he lost a game to Alexander Alekhine in Estoril (it was a blindfold simultaneous display, Alekhine played blindfold against eight of the best Por ...

White Snow of Russia (1980) Full Cast / Crew
/ref> * Aleksandr Pashutin as Semyonov

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0193003 1980 films 1980s Russian-language films Soviet biographical drama films Mosfilm films Films about chess 1980 in chess 1980s biographical drama films Soviet sports drama films Drama films based on actual events Sports films based on actual events Biographical films about sportspeople Films set in 1927