Michel Piccoli
Akiva Liebskind
Alexandre Arbat
Pavius Fromm
Liv Ullmann
Marina Fromm
Leslie Caron
Henia Liebskind
Wojciech Pszoniak
Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Miller, l'équipe de Fromm
Daniel Olbrychski
Tac-Tac, l'équipe de Liebskind
Hubert Saint-Macary
Foldes
Michel Aumont
Stepan Ivanovitch Kerossian - l'équipe de Liebskind
Pierre Michaël
Yachvili
Serge Avédikian
Fadenko
Pierre Vial
Anton Heller
Bernhard Wicki
Pühl
Jacques Boudet
Stuffli
Benoît Régent
Barabal
Sylvie Granotier
Dombert
Albert Simono
DalcrozeMarcel Tassimot
ProtazanovOlivier Beer
JournalistJean-Paul Eydoux
CarsenJean-Philippe Guerand
A Guy in the AudiencePiotr Kamiński
journalist
Yaseen Khan
Hindou
Constantin Melnik
KGB colonelWilly Nicoidsky
Polotin
Alain Rimoux
Dr. Randeller
Mathieu Schiffman
JournalistDaniel Tixier
RefereeJohn Van Der Bois
RefereeNurith Cohn
Spectator (uncredited)Released
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Veteran communist grand master “Akiva” (Michel Piccoli) is in Geneva for the world chess championships against lapsed Soviet “Pavius” (Alexander Arbatt) and it’s quite a grudge match. He won’t even shake his opponent’s hand beforehand. It’s fairly clear that this older man has health issues, but his adversary is not without his own problems as his wife - whom he didn’t defect with - is now seeking