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Academy Award Foreign Language Film 1985 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film 1985 · Nominated
Academy Award Foreign Language Film 1985 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film 1985 · Nominated
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Aging Soviet chess champion Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli) arrives in Geneva to face off against his former student Pavius Fromm (Alexandre Arbatt) 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. Determined to shame Pavius, the...