Dangerous Moves
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| Directed by | Richard Dembo |
| Written by | Richard Dembo |
| Starring | Michel Piccoli Alexandre Arbatt Liv Ullmann |
| Release date(s) |  April 25, 1984 24 May 1985 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Language | French |
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Dangerous Moves 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 World Chess Championship Games. One is a 52-year-old Soviet Jew who has been a chess master for the past 12 years, and the other is a 35-year-old genius who defected to the West several years earlier.
[edit] Awards
The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1984; it was submitted by the Swiss government, and gave that nation its first Oscar win. It also won the Prix Louis Delluc, the Prix de l'Académide du Cinéma and the César Award for Best Debut.
[edit] Cast and roles include
- Michel Piccoli - Akiva Liebskind
- Alexandre Arbatt - Pavius Fromm
- Liv Ullmann - Marina Fromm
- Leslie Caron - Henia Liebskind
- Wojciech Pszoniak - Felton, Fromm's team
- Jean-Hugues Anglade - Miller, Fromm's team
- Daniel Olbrychski - Tac-Tac, Liebskind's friend
- Hubert Saint-Macary - Foldes
- Michel Aumont - Kerossian, Liebskind's friend
- Pierre Michaël - Yachvili
- Serge Avedikian - Fadenko
- Pierre Vial - Anton Heller
- Bernhard Wicki - Puhl
- Jacques Boudet - Stuffli
- Benoît Régent - Barabal
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| Preceded by Fanny and Alexander |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1984 |
Succeeded by The Official Story |
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