Overview
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (1985) and the Louis Delluc Prize (1984)
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1985)
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Music
Music by Gabriel Yared
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Raoul Coutard
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Richard DemboWriter
- Original title
- La Diagonale du fou
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 15, 1984
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
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Cast
Michel PiccoliAkiva Liebskind
Alexandre ArbatPavius Fromm
Liv UllmannMarina Fromm
Leslie CaronHenia Liebskind
Wojciech PszoniakLe grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
Jean-Hugues AngladeMiller, l'équipe de Fromm
Daniel OlbrychskiTac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind
Hubert Saint-MacaryFoldes
Michel AumontStepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind- Pierre MichaëlYachvili
Serge AvédikianFadenko
Pierre VialAnton Heller
Bernhard WickiPühl
Jacques BoudetStuffli
Benoît RégentBarabal
Sylvie GranotierDombert
Albert SimonoDalcroze- Marcel TassimotProtazanov
- Olivier BeerJournalist
- Jean-Paul EydouxCarsen
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