This unusual Swiss movie was the surprise winner of the 1985 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The story is set in Geneva in 1983 during the World Chess Championship. The two players are Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli), a 52-year-old Soviet master who comes to the competition with an inflated ego and an ailing heart, and Pavius Fromm (Alexander Arbatt), an unpredictable 35-year-old Soviet dissident who fled to the West five years ago and cannot wait to make Russia look bad.
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Michel Piccoli | Akiva Liebskind |
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Alexandre Arbatt | Pavius Fromm |
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Liv Ullmann | Marina Fromm |
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Leslie Caron | Henia Liebskind |
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Wojciech Pszoniak | Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm |
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Jean-Hugues Anglade | Miller / l'équipe de Fromm |
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Daniel Olbrychski | Tac-Tac / l'équipe de Liebskind |
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Hubert Saint-Macary | Foldes |
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Michel Aumont | Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind |
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Pierre Michaël | Yachvili |
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Serge Avedikian | Fadenko |
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Pierre Vial | Anton Heller |
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Bernhard Wicki | Pühl |
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Jacques Boudet | Stuffli |
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Benoît Régent | Barabal |
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Sylvie Granotier | Dombert |
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Albert Simono | Dalcroze |
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Marcel Tassimot | Protazanov |
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Olivier Beer | Journalist |
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Guy Braucourt | Journalist |
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Jean-Paul Eydoux | Carsen |
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Piotr Kaminski | Journalist |
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Yaseen Khan | Hindou |
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Constantin Melnik | KGB colonel |
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Willy Nicoidsky | Polotin |
| Director | Richard Dembo |
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| Writer | Richard Dembo | |
| Producer | Arthur Cohn, Martine Marignac | |
| Musician | Gabriel Yared | |
| Photography | Raoul Coutard | |
| Edition | The Classic Collection |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Widescreen (1.66:1) Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | SUB [English] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jun 24, 2003 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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