Dangerous Moves

During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.

Cast

Michel Piccoli

as Akiva Liebskind

Alexandre Arbat

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

Hubert Saint-Macary

as Foldes

Michel Aumont

as Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind

Pierre Michaël

as Yachvili

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Veteran communist grand master “Akiva” (Michel Piccoli) is in Geneva for the world chess championships against lapsed Soviet “Pavius” (Alexander Arbatt) and it’s quite a grudge match. He won’t even shake his opponent’s hand beforehand. It’s fairly clear that this older man has health issues, but his...

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