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Director:
Richard Dembo
Writer:
Richard Dembo (writer)
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Release Date:
24 May 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Terrific Little Political Thriller more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Michel Piccoli ... Akiva Liebskind
Alexandre Arbatt ... Pavius Fromm

Liv Ullmann ... Marina Fromm
Leslie Caron ... Henia Liebskind
Wojciech Pszoniak ... Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
Jean-Hugues Anglade ... Miller, l'équipe de Fromm
Daniel Olbrychski ... Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind
Hubert Saint-Macary ... Foldes
Michel Aumont ... Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind
Pierre Michaël ... Yachvili
Serge Avedikian ... Fadenko
Pierre Vial ... Anton Heller
Bernhard Wicki ... Pühl
Jacques Boudet ... Stuffli
Benoît Régent ... Barabal
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dangerous Moves (USA)
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Runtime:
France:110 min | Switzerland:95 min | USA:100 min | Argentina:102 min
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:13 | UK:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the final game, Pavius and Akiva play the French Defence / Paulsen Attack. The moves are as follows: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 The film ends here; at this point, it is much too early in the game to determine who will win. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Early in the film, Liebskind describes a move as "Rook to G-10". There is no G-10 on the chessboard; the numbers only go to 8. This error is in the subtitles only and was a mistranslation; the actual line ends with "huit", French for eight. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Terrific Little Political Thriller, 3 March 2008
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Author: Hal-900 from WA, USA

"Dangerous Moves" is filled with great political intrigue that will please fans of these types of movies. It revolves around a heated chess championship in which two Russians – one a Soviet citizen, one living in exile – compete for the top price. The simple tournament becomes a battle of ideologies. I don't know how to play chess but I found the film absorbing, very entertaining. The international cast is wonderful. Michel Piccoli and Alexandre Arbatt play the Russian rivals. Leslie Caron is Piccoli's long-suffering but understanding wife. Wojciech Pszoniak also shines in a key supporting role. Liv Ullmann, in a great cameo, plays Arbatt's mentally unstable wife. It is not great cinema but it is very entertaining. I imagine it is even more enjoyable if you know how to play the game. It won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.

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