La diagonale du Fou

1984, drama, suspense

110 minutes

World Chess Champion Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli) faces his former pupil Pavius Fromm (Alexandre Arbatt), who defected to the West from the Soviet Union five years earlier, for the World Chess Championship in Geneva, Switzerland. The tension and...

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Cast

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Akiva Liebskind

Alexandre Arbatt

Pavius Fromm

Liv Ullmann

Liv Ullmann

Marina Fromm

Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

Henia Liebskind

Wojciech Pszoniak

Wojciech Pszoniak

Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Miller, l'équipe de Fromm

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind

Michel Aumont

Michel Aumont

Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind

Pierre Michaël

Yachvili

Pierre Vial

Anton Heller

Jacques Boudet

Jacques Boudet

Stuffli

Benoît Régent

Benoît Régent

Barabal

Albert Simono

Dalcroze

Marcel Tassimot

Protazanov

Olivier Beer

Journalist

Jean-Philippe Guerand

A Guy in the Audience

Piotr Kamiński

Journalist

Yaseen Khan

Hindou

Constantin Melnik

KGB colonel

Willy Nicoidsky

Polotin

Alain Rimoux

Alain Rimoux

Dr. Randeller

Mathieu Schiffman

Mathieu Schiffman

Journalist

Daniel Tixier

Referee

Emmanuel Cohn

Kid (uncredited)

Nurith Cohn

Spectator (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Ivan Maussion

Ivan Maussion

Art direction, production design

Camera

Costume and make-up

Pierre Albert

Costume design

Fouzia Harleman

Hairstylist

Dominique Plez

Makeup artist

Directing

Richard Dembo

Director

Editing

Production

Martine Marignac

Producer

Arthur Cohn

Arthur Cohn

Producer

Sound

Gabriel Yared

Gabriel Yared

Original music composer

Writing

Richard Dembo

Writer

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