Classic (1998): Cast & Plot

Set in 1990s Russia, a billiard masters club raises funds to build a luxury retirement home for the sport’s aging teachers, a gesture meant to honor a generation that helped shape the game. When a crime lord named Savitsky [Juozas Budraitis] is asked for his $20,000 share, he grudgingly pays up but then turns the money into his own stash, sending hired goons after the couriers and stealing the entire sum for himself. A surviving courier suggests they climb higher, toward Moscow, but the plan quickly shifts as the capital signals the arrival of a master player, known only as the Classic, who will challenge Savitsky to a duel with a staggering $150,000 bet.