Dangerous Moves

Dangerous Moves

110 mins | Drama, Thriller | April 15, 1984

World Chess Champion Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli) faces his former pupil Pavius Fromm (Alexandre Arbatt), who defected to the West from the Soviet Union five years earlier, for the World Chess Championship in Geneva, Switzerland. The tension and strategies between the players draw parallels to the political conflicts and ideologies between East and West during the Cold War.

Dangerous Moves

110 mins | Drama, Thriller | April 15, 1984

Dangerous Moves
World Chess Champion Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli) faces his former pupil Pavius Fromm (Alexandre Arbatt), who defected to the West from the Soviet Union five years earlier, for the World Chess Championship in Geneva, Switzerland. The tension and strategies between the players draw parallels to the political conflicts and ideologies between East and West during the Cold War.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Ministère de la Culture, Michael Arthur Films, La Cécilia
Original title La Diagonale du fou
Directors Richard Dembo
Writers Peter Fernandez, Richard Dembo

Cast

Michel Piccoli

as Akiva Liebskind

Alexandre Arbatt

as Pavius Fromm

Liv Ullmann

as Marina Fromm

Leslie Caron

as Henia Liebskind

Wojciech Pszoniak

as Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm

Jean-Hugues Anglade

as Miller, l'équipe de Fromm

Daniel Olbrychski

as Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind

Michel Aumont

as Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind

Pierre Michaël

as Yachvili

Serge Avédikian

as Fadenko

Pierre Vial

as Anton Heller

Bernhard Wicki

as Pühl

Jacques Boudet

as Stuffli

Benoît Régent

as Barabal

Sylvie Granotier

as Dombert

Albert Simono

as Dalcroze

Marcel Tassimot

as Protazanov

Olivier Beer

as Journalist

Jean-Paul Eydoux

as Carsen

Jean-Philippe Guerand

as A Guy in the Audience

Piotr Kamiński

as journalist

Yaseen Khan

as Hindou

Constantin Melnik

as KGB colonel

Willy Nicoidsky

as Polotin

Alain Rimoux

as Dr. Randeller

Mathieu Schiffman

as Journalist

Daniel Tixier

as Referee

John Van Der Bois

as Referee

Emmanuel Cohn

as Kid (uncredited)

Nurith Cohn

as Spectator (uncredited)