Summary: The story of two very different men competing in the World Chess Championship Games. One is a 52-year-old Soviet Jew who has been a chess master for the past 12 years, and the other is a 35-year-old genius who defected to the West several years earlier. (Wikipedia)

AKA: La Diagonale du fou

Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller

Country: France

Directed By: Richard Dembo

Written By: Richard Dembo

Starring: Leslie Caron, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Liv Ullmann, Wojciech Pszoniak, Alexandre Arbatt

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