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Le prix du danger

Le prix du danger

1983Movie⏱️ 1h 38m
ActionDramaSci-FiThriller
6.7
IMDB Rating
1,702 votes

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.

Director
Yves Boisset
Writers
Robert Sheckley, Yves Boisset, Jean Curtelin
Stars
Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier
Release Date
January 26, 1983
Language
French
Country
France, Yugoslavia
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🎭 Top Cast

Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin
as François Jacquemard
Michel Piccoli
Michel Piccoli
as Frédéric Mallaire
Marie-France Pisier
Marie-France Pisier
as Laurence Ballard
Bruno Cremer
Bruno Cremer
as Antoine Chirex
Andréa Ferréol
Andréa Ferréol
as Élisabeth Worms
Jean Rougerie
Jean Rougerie
as Président commission
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
as Bertrand
👤
Jean-Pierre Bagot
as Alexandre
👤
Henri-Jacques Huet
as Victor Segal
👤
Dragan Stueljanin
as Roederer

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Belgrade, Serbia
Production
Avala Film, Swanie Productions, TF1 Films Production

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

FrenchActionDramaSci-FiThriller

⭐ Featured Review

RUNNING MAN or not ?
by searchanddestroy-12024-03-11

"Honestly, although I am a great fan of Yves Boisset's work, filmography, I have never understood why he claimed so loudly that this movie, inspired from a Robert Scheckley's book - written in 1958 - was stolen in terms of script by Paul Michael Glaser's RUNNING MAN (1987), itself inspired by a Stephen King's book - written in 1982. Both are different but very very close stories; very similar. And Robert Scheckley and Stephen King were also rather close concerning the topics they talked about. This Yves Boisset's movie is a violent attack against today modern society, h..."

💡 Did You Know?

Yves Boisset sued Twentieth Century Fox for copycat because of the movie The Running Man (1987), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which the screenplay was exactly the same as his own film. Some documents of the case were lost in a plane crash in the New York bay.

📖 Synopsis

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.