Alexandre Arbatt, Daniel Olbrychski, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann ...( see more  see more... ) , Michel Piccoli , Wojciech Pszoniak

This unusual Swiss movie was the surprise winner of the 1985 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The story is set in Geneva in 1983 during the World Chess Championship. The two players are Akiva Lieb...( read more  read more... )skind (Michel Piccoli), a 52-year-old Soviet master who comes to the competition with an inflated ego and an ailing heart, and Pavius Fromm (Alexander Arbatt), an unpredictable 35-year-old Soviet dissident who fled to the West five years ago and cannot wait to make Russia look bad.

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Unrated, 100 min.

Directed by: Richard Dembo

Release Date: April 25, 1984

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DVD Release Date: June 24, 2003

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  • March 3, 2009
    want to see this because it won best foreign-language film at the oscars and was nominated for best foreign film at the golden globes

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