25 Nov 1938
The Chess Player
A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist who is being hunted by occupying Russian forces.
Dangerous Moves
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
Top Billed Cast
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 Avédikian Fadenko
Pierre Vial Anton Heller
Bernhard Wicki Pühl
Jacques Boudet Stuffli
Benoît Régent Barabal
Sylvie Granotier Dombert
Albert Simono Dalcroze
Marcel Tassimot Protazanov
Olivier Beer Journalist
Jean-Paul Eydoux Carsen
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