Dangerous Moves
1984World 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.
Acted in
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
Hubert Saint-Macary
as Foldes
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)