The Chess Player

The Chess Player

Release Date: 1938-11-25

Overview: 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.

Rating: 4.375 / 10

Cast

Françoise Rosay

Françoise Rosay

as Catherine II

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

as Le baron de Kempelen

Bernard Lancret

Bernard Lancret

as Le prince Serge Oblonsky

Micheline Francey

Micheline Francey

as Sonia Vorowska

Paul Cambo

Paul Cambo

as Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky

Crew

  • Jean Dréville - Director

  • André Doderet - Writer

  • Jean Dréville - Writer

  • Albert Guyot - Writer

  • Roger Vitrac - Writer

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