Overview:
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.| Original Title: | La Diagonale du fou |
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| Status: | Released (1984-04-15) |
| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 3 nominations total |
| Screen: | Richard Dembo |
| Productions: | Ministère de la culture, Michael Arthur Films, La Cécilia |
| Production Countries: | France, Liechtenstein, Switzerland |
| Spoken Languages: | Français |
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- 3784: Michel Piccoli - Akiva Liebskind
- 134740: Alexandre Arbat - Pavius Fromm
- 11916: Liv Ullmann - Marina Fromm
- 5320: Leslie Caron - Henia Liebskind
- 7108: Wojciech Pszoniak - Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
- 7037: Jean-Hugues Anglade - Miller, l'équipe de Fromm
- 7107: Daniel Olbrychski - Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind
Crews
- 41021: Martine Marignac - Producer - Production
- 5488: Gabriel Yared - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 10032: Arthur Cohn - Producer - Production
- 134736: Fouzia Harleman - Hairstylist - Costume & Make-Up
- 134735: Pierre Albert - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 134737: Dominique Plez - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
- 134733: Richard Dembo - Director - Directing
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Veteran communist grand master “Akiva” (Michel Piccoli) is in Geneva for the world chess championships against lapsed Soviet “Pavius” (Alexander Arbatt) and it’s quite a grudge match. He won’t even shake his opponent’s hand beforehand. It’s fairly clear that this older man has health ....
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