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Dangerous Moves (French: La Diagonale du fou) is a 1984 French-language film about chess, directed by Richard Dembo, produced by Arthur Cohn, starring Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, as well as Liv Ullmann, Leslie Caron, and Bernhard Wicki in prominent supporting roles.

Dangerous Moves
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Directed by	Richard Dembo
Written by	Richard Dembo
Produced by	Arthur Cohn Martine Marignac
Starring	Michel Piccoli Alexandre Arbatt Liv Ullmann
Cinematography	Raoul Coutard
Edited by	Agnès Guillemot
Music by	Gabriel Yared
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release date	25 April 1984 (1984-04-25)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	France Switzerland
Language	French
Box office	$2.5 million[1]

Its original French title is La diagonale du fou ("The Fool's Diagonal", referring to the chess piece called the bishop in English but the fool in French). The film was a co-production between companies in France and Switzerland. It tells the story of two very different men competing in the final match of the World Chess Championship. One is a 52-year-old Soviet Jew who holds the title, and the other is a 35-year-old genius who defected to the West several years earlier.

Cast

• Michel Piccoli as Akiva Liebskind
• Alexandre Arbatt as Pavius Fromm
• Liv Ullmann as Marina Fromm
• Leslie Caron as Henia Liebskind
• Wojciech Pszoniak as Felton, Fromm's team
• Jean-Hugues Anglade as Miller, Fromm's team
• Daniel Olbrychski as Tac-Tac, Liebskind's friend
• Hubert Saint-Macary as Foldes
• Michel Aumont as Kerossian, Liebskind's friend
• Pierre Michaël as Yachvili
• Serge Avedikian as Fadenko
• Pierre Vial as Anton Heller
• Bernhard Wicki as Puhl, arbiter
• Jacques Boudet as Stuffli
• Benoît Régent as Barabal

Awards

The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1984;[2] it was submitted by the Swiss government, and gave that nation its first Oscar win. It also won the Louis Delluc Prize, the Prix de l'Académie du Cinéma and the César Award for Best Debut.

Soundtrack

The CD soundtrack composed by Gabriel Yared is available on Music Box Records label (website).

See also

• List of submissions to the 57th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Dangerous Moves at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Dangerous Moves

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[ru] Диагональ слона

«Диагональ слона» (фр. La Diagonale du fou) — кинодрама совместного производства Франции, Люксембурга и Швейцарии, поставленная в 1984 году режиссёром Ришаром Дембо. Лауреат премии «Оскар» 1985 года за «лучший фильм на иностранном языке»[1] и кинопремии «Сезар» за «лучший дебютный фильм». Аллюзия на матч за звание чемпиона мира по шахматам 1978.

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