
Dangerous Moves
NR | 101 min | 1984
In this Academy Award-winning film, aging Soviet chess champion Akiva Liebskind arrives in Geneva to face off against his former student Pavius Fromm in a World Championship match. Pavius is a defector from the USSR, and the Soviet authorities threaten to harm Akiva’s family if he does not defeat the rogue player.
In this Academy Award-winning film, aging Soviet chess champion Akiva Liebskind arrives in Geneva to face off against his former student Pavius Fromm in a World Championship match.
Cast
Michel Piccoli, Liv Ullman, Alexandre Arbatt
Director(s)
Richard Dembo