Michel Piccoli plays Akiva Liebskind, a Russian chess genius in the Swiss-filmed Dangerous Moves. He is pitted against Soviet exile Pavius Fromm (Alexandre Arbatt), who, since childhood, has dreamed of nothing but defeating Liebskind. Both men soon become obsessed with winning. Already suffering from a weak heart, Liebskind courts a coronary, while the increasingly paranoid Fromm is convinced that his opponent is spying on him from every corner. The KGB enters into the game by attempting to
sabotage Fromm, hoping that by doing so they will discredit everyone who's ever publicly opposed the Soviet government. Dangerous Moves was the 1984 recipient of the Best Foreign-Language Picture Academy Award. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
A chess match between an old Soviet master and a young pompous soviet defectee. Maybe this movie is a metaphor for the changes happening within Russia, the battle between the old way of thinking and the new. Or it's just two guys trying to win a chess game.
January 10, 2011
Phillip Renke
An intriguing film especially if you are a chess enthusiast. These are two extremely serious competitors. It won an Academy Award for best foreign film in 1984.
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