---
title: 'Dangerous Moves (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Dembo'
released: '1984-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dangerous-moves-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087144/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dangerous Moves (1984)

1984 · 95 min · Drama · France, Switzerland

Original title: La Diagonale du fou

## Synopsis

Dangerous Moves is a 1984 French-language film directed by Richard Dembo and produced by Arthur Cohn. It stars Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, as well as Liv Ullmann, Leslie Caron, and Bernhard Wicki in supporting roles. The film was a co-production between companies in France and Switzerland. It tells the story of two very different men competing in the final match of the World Chess Championship. One is a 52-year-old Soviet Jew who holds the title, and the other is a 35-year-old genius who defected to the West several years earlier.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Dembo](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dembo)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Dembo](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dembo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gabriel Yared](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-yared)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-cohn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Raoul Coutard](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-coutard)
- **Editor:** [Agnès Guillemot](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-guillemot)

## Cast

- [Pierre Vial](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-vial)
- [Sylvie Granotier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvie-granotier)
- [Jacques Boudet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-boudet)
- [Leslie Caron](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-caron)
- [Michel Piccoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-piccoli)
- [Serge Avédikian](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-avedikian)
- [Pierre Michael](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-michael)
- [Alexandre Arbatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-arbatt)
- [Bernhard Wicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-wicki)
- [Hubert Saint-Macary](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-saint-macary)
- [Michel Aumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-aumont)
- [Liv Ullmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/liv-ullmann)
- [Daniel Olbrychski](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-olbrychski)
- [Wojciech Pszoniak](https://cinepixo.com/people/wojciech-pszoniak)
- [Benoît Régent](https://cinepixo.com/people/benoit-regent)

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