Cast
Michel Piccoli Alexandre Arbatt Liv Ullmann 
Leslie Caron 
Wojciech Pszoniak Jean-Hugues Anglade
Credits
Written by: Richard Dembo
Plot
During the Cold War, two chess grandmasters, a Soviet and a dissident, face each other in a championship in Geneva, while politics and mental health intrude on the game.
Sinekatalog’s take
A tense, intelligent chess drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (1,708 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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