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Dangerous Moves, originally titled La Diagonale du fou, is a 1984 drama film directed by Richard Dembo. The movie features a cast including Michel Piccoli, Liv Ullmann, Leslie Caron, and Jean-Hugues Anglade. Arthur Cohn produced the film, which was written by Dembo and scored by Gabriel Yared. Raoul Coutard served as the director of photography, with Agnès Guillemot handling editing. The production involved companies such as Ministère de la culture, Michael Arthur Films, and La Cécilia.
The film originates from France and Switzerland, with Liechtenstein also listed as a country of origin. It focuses on the main subjects of chess and the Cold War. The runtime is 100 minutes. It was distributed by Gaumont and Netflix, and is available via video on demand on platforms like Amazon Prime Video. The work received the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and the Louis Delluc Prize. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
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5.9During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
Cast
- Michel Piccoli as Akiva Liebskind
- Alexandre Arbat as Pavius Fromm
- Liv Ullmann as Marina Fromm
- Leslie Caron as Henia Liebskind
- Wojciech Pszoniak as Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Miller, l'équipe de Fromm
Themes
- chess
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
1,533 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Sport, Thriller
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Louis Delluc Prize
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Richard Dembo
- Screenwriter
- Richard Dembo
- Cast member
- Wojciech Pszoniak
- Composer
- Gabriel Yared
- Producer
- Arthur Cohn
- Cinematographer
- Raoul Coutard
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 499061
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- chess
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 1984-01-01
- title
- La Diagonale du fou
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Agnès Guillemot
- review score
- 67%
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