The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. The brilliant exile, Fiodor Voronin, a general at 20, is the deputy at the White Russian Military Union, probably slated to replace the aging Général Dobrinsky soon. Fiodor's Greek wife, Arsinoé, paints and stays away from politics, befriending Communist neighbors. Her health declines; the attentive Fiodor arranges care and, against the backdrop of Stalin's Great Purge, considers his options. He plays a chess game in which love of country, love of Arsinoé, ideology, petty jealousies, and the machinations of power roil in matters of life and death.
Cast
Katerina Didaskalou
Arsinoé
Serge Renko
Fiodor
Cyrielle Clair
Maguy
Grigori Manoukov
Boris
Dimitri Rafalsky
général Dobrinsky
Nathalia Krougly
la Générale
Amanda Langlet
Janine
Emmanuel Salinger
André
Vitaliy Cheremet
Alexis Tcherepnine
Jeanne Rambur
Dany
Georges Benoît
Le commissaire français
Laurent Le Doyen
Unknown
Aleksandr Cherkasov
amiral Galinine
Crew
Éric Rohmer
Director, Screenplay
Mary Stephen
Editor
Diane Baratier
Director of Photography
Françoise Etchegaray
Producer
Philippe Liégeois
Producer
Jean-Michel Rey
Producer
Laurent Danielou
Associate Producer
Gerardo Herrero
Co-Producer
Ivan Solovov
Co-Producer
Panayotis Veremis
Co-Producer
Mariela Besuievsky
Co-Producer
Valerio De Paolis
Co-Producer
Enrique González Macho
Co-Producer
Antoine Fontaine
Production Design
Audrey Gatimel
Casting
Pierre-Jean Larroque
Costume Design
Annie Maradin
Hairstylist
Marie Luiset
Makeup Artist
Jonathan Liebling
Foley Artist
Cécile Deleu
Set Decoration
