Le prix du danger (1983)

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.

Director:

Yves Boisset

Writers:

Robert Sheckley (story), Yves Boisset (scenario),

Stars:

Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Gérard Lanvin	...	François Jacquemard
Michel Piccoli	...	Frédéric Mallaire
Marie-France Pisier	...	Laurence Ballard
Bruno Cremer	...	Antoine Chirex
Andréa Ferréol	...	Élisabeth Worms
Jean Rougerie	...	Président commission
Jean-Claude Dreyfus	...	Bertrand
Jean-Pierre Bagot	...	Alexandre
Henri-Jacques Huet	...	Victor Segal
Dragan Stueljanin	...	Roederer
Steve Kalfa	...	Édouard
Zlata Numanagic	...	Jacqueline
Julien Bukowski	...	Arnaud
Gabrielle Lazure	...	Marianne
Catherine Lachens	...	Madelaine

Storyline

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.

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Plot Keywords:

television | foreign language adaptation | satire | man hunt | based on novel

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

France Yugoslavia

Language:

French

Release Date:

27 May 1983 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

The Prize of Peril

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avala Film, Swabie Production, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Das Millionenspiel (1970)

User Reviews

Robert Sheckley demeaned

Robert Sheckley is a great sci-fi writer whose short stories are witty and absorbing.Yves Boisset was definitely not the kind of director who could do him justice.

Yves Boisset could succeed in treating committed subjects (the Algeria war in "RAS" or racism in "Dupont -Lajoie".But in "le Prix du Danger" ,he's shooting us a line!The lead is an unambitious actor,Gérard Lanvin,who has made turkeys by the dozen (only "une Semaine de Vacances" and "Une étrange Affaire" are above average in his filmography)He is here no more than Van Damme and co.Michel Piccoli and Marie-France Pisier are supposed to provide the movie with an intellectual alibi,but their cardboard characters and their underwritten parts do not help.

A faux pas: there were many of them in Boisset's eighties' career.