Top billed cast

1. 

   Michel Piccoli

   Akiva Liebskind

2. 

   Alexandre Arbat

   Pavius Fromm

3. 

   Liv Ullmann

   Marina Fromm

4. 

   Leslie Caron

   Henia Liebskind

5. 

   Wojciech Pszoniak

   Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm

6. 

   Jean-Hugues Anglade

   Miller, l'équipe de Fromm

7. 

   Daniel Olbrychski

   Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind

8. 

   Hubert Saint-Macary

   Foldes

9. 

   Michel Aumont

   Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-12-06

Veteran communist grand master “Akiva” (Michel Piccoli) is in Geneva for the world chess championships against lapsed Soviet “Pavius” (Alexander Arbatt) and it’s quite a grudge match. He won’t even shake his opponent’s hand beforehand. It’s fairly clear that this older man has health issues, but his adversary is not without his own problems as his wife - whom he didn’t defect with - is now seeking a divorce and is soon a pawn of a different kind. With gamesmanship rife inside and outside the press-packed auditorium, this drama follows both men as it fills in some back story a...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• chess