| Dangerous Moves | |
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| Directed by | Richard Dembo |
| Written by | Richard Dembo |
| Starring | Michel Piccoli Alexandre Arbatt Liv Ullmann |
| Release date(s) | 25 April 1984 |
| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France Switzerland |
| Language | French |
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 holds the title, and the other is a 35-year-old genius who defected to the West several years earlier.
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.
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