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Dangerous Moves
Dangerous Moves

Dangerous Moves

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

5.838/10

Release Date

15 April 1984

Country

France

Cast

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Akiva Liebskind

Alexandre Arbatt

Alexandre Arbatt

Pavius Fromm

Liv Ullmann

Liv Ullmann

Marina Fromm

Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

Henia Liebskind

Wojciech Pszoniak

Wojciech Pszoniak

Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Miller, l'équipe de Fromm

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind

Hubert Saint-Macary

Hubert Saint-Macary

Foldes

Michel Aumont

Michel Aumont

Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind

Pierre Michaël

Pierre Michaël

Yachvili

Serge Avédikian

Serge Avédikian

Fadenko

Pierre Vial

Pierre Vial

Anton Heller

Bernhard Wicki

Bernhard Wicki

Pühl

Jacques Boudet

Jacques Boudet

Stuffli

Benoît Régent

Benoît Régent

Barabal

Sylvie Granotier

Sylvie Granotier

Dombert

Albert Simono

Albert Simono

Dalcroze

Marcel Tassimot

Marcel Tassimot

Protazanov

Olivier Beer

Olivier Beer

Journalist

Jean-Paul Eydoux

Jean-Paul Eydoux

Carsen

Jean-Philippe Guerand

Jean-Philippe Guerand

A Guy in the Audience

Piotr Kamiński

Piotr Kamiński

journalist

Yaseen Khan

Yaseen Khan

Hindou

Constantin Melnik

Constantin Melnik

KGB colonel

Willy Nicoidsky

Willy Nicoidsky

Polotin

Alain Rimoux

Alain Rimoux

Dr. Randeller

Mathieu Schiffman

Mathieu Schiffman

Journalist

Daniel Tixier

Daniel Tixier

Referee

John Van Der Bois

John Van Der Bois

Referee

Emmanuel Cohn

Emmanuel Cohn

Kid (uncredited)

Nurith Cohn

Nurith Cohn

Spectator (uncredited)

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