The Chess Player

1938Directed by Jean Dréville

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Released: November 25, 1938
Runtime: 1h 10m

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Synopsis

A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist who is being hunted by occupying Russian forces.

Director: Jean Dréville
Writers: Roger Vitrac
Albert Guyot
Jean Dréville
Bernard Zimmer
André Doderet
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Original title: Le Joueur d'échecs

Principal cast

In billing order

Françoise RosayCatherine II
Conrad VeidtLe baron de Kempelen
Bernard LancretLe prince Serge Oblonsky
Micheline FranceySonia Vorowska
Paul CamboLe prince Boleslas Vorowsky
Jacques GrétillatPotemkine

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