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Dangerous Moves (French: La Diagonale du fou) is a 1984 French-language film about chess, directed by Richard Dembo and starring Michel Piccoli and Alexandre Arbatt. Its original French title is La diagonale du fou ("The Fool's Diagonal", referring to the chess piece called the bishop in English but the fool in French). The film was a co-production between companies in France and Switzerland. It tells the story of two very different men competing in the final match of the World Chess Championship. One is a 52-year-old Soviet Jew who holds the title, and the other is a 35-year-old genius who defected to the West several years earlier.
Original Release
04/15/1984
US Release
05/24/1985
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Michel Piccoli | Akiva Liebskind |
Alexandre Arbatt | Pavius Fromm |
Liv Ullmann | Marina Fromm |
Leslie Caron | Henia Liebskind |
Wojciech Pszoniak | Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm |
Jean-Hugues Anglade | Miller, l'équipe de Fromm |
Daniel Olbrychski | Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind |
Hubert Saint-Macary | Foldes |
Michel Aumont | Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind |
Pierre Michaël | Yachvili |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Michel Piccoli | Akiva Liebskind |
Alexandre Arbatt | Pavius Fromm |
Liv Ullmann | Marina Fromm |
Leslie Caron | Henia Liebskind |
Wojciech Pszoniak | Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm |
Jean-Hugues Anglade | Miller, l'équipe de Fromm |
Daniel Olbrychski | Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind |
Hubert Saint-Macary | Foldes |
Michel Aumont | Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind |
Pierre Michaël | Yachvili |
Serge Avedikian | Fadenko |
Pierre Vial | Anton Heller |
Bernhard Wicki | Pühl |
Jacques Boudet | Stuffli |
Benoît Régent | Barabal |
Sylvie Granotier | Dombert |
Albert Simono | Dalcroze |
Marcel Tassimot | Protazanov |
Olivier Beer | Journalist |
Guy Braucourt | Journalist |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Arthur Cohn | Producer |
Martine Marignac | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1985 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |
1985 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Won |