The story of two very different men competing in the World Chess Championship Games. One is a 52-year-old Soviet Jew who holds the title, and the other is a 35-year-old genius who defected to the West several years earlier.
Alain Rimoux, Albert Simono, Alexandre Arbatt, Benoît Regent, Bernhard Wicki, Daniel Olbrychski, Hubert Saint-Macary, Jacques Boudet, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann, Mathieu Schiffman, Michel Aumont, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Michaël, Pierre Vial, Serge Avedikian, Sylvie Granotier, Wojciech Pszoniak
Drama, Thriller