The Chess Player

The Chess Player

Release Date: 1927-05-17

Overview: In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.

Rating: 6.4 / 10

Cast

Pierre Blanchar

Pierre Blanchar

as Boleslas Vorowski

Charles Dullin

Charles Dullin

as Baron von Kempelen

Édith Jéhanne

Édith Jéhanne

as Sophie Novinska

Camille Bert

Camille Bert

as Maj. Nicolaieff

Pierre Batcheff

Pierre Batcheff

as Prince Serge Oblomoff

Crew

  • Raymond Bernard - Director

  • Marc Bujard - Director of Photography

  • Eugène Lourié - Costume Design

  • W. Percy Day - Special Effects Supervisor

  • Willy Faktorovitch - Director of Photography

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