Movie Description
La Diagonale du fou
(1984)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Richard Dembo
- Producer : Arthur Cohn,Martine Marignac
- Writer : Richard Dembo
- Editor : Agnès Guillemot
- Cast : Michel Piccoli,Alexandre Arbatt,Liv Ullmann,Leslie Caron,Wojciech Pszoniak,Jean-Hugues Anglade,Daniel Olbrychski,Hubert Saint-Macary,Michel Aumont,Pierre Michaël,Serge Avédikian,Pierre Vial,Bernhard Wicki,Jacques Boudet,Benoît Régent,Sylvie Granotier,Albert Simono,Marcel Tassimot,Olivier Beer,Jean-Paul Eydoux,Jean-Philippe Guerand,Piotr Kamiński,Yaseen Khan,Constantin Melnik,Willy Nicoidsky,Alain Rimoux,Mathieu Schiffman,Daniel Tixier,John Van Der Bois,Emmanuel Cohn,Nurith Cohn
Cast
Akiva Liebskind
Pavius Fromm
Marina Fromm
Henia Liebskind
Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
Miller, l'équipe de Fromm
Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind
Foldes
Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind
Yachvili
Fadenko
Anton Heller
Pühl
Stuffli
Barabal
Dombert
Dalcroze
Protazanov
Journalist
Carsen
A Guy in the Audience
journalist
Hindou
KGB colonel
Polotin
Dr. Randeller
Journalist
Referee
Referee
Kid (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleLa Diagonale du fou
Status Released
Release Information
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1984-04-15
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 50m
Production CompaniesMinistère de la culture,Michael Arthur Films,La Cécilia
Genres
- Drama
- Thriller
