The Chess Player

Nov 25, 1938

1h 10m

★ 4.4

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)

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Cast

Catherine II

Françoise Rosay

Le baron de Kempelen

Conrad Veidt

Le prince Serge Oblonsky

Bernard Lancret

Sonia Vorowska

Micheline Francey

Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky

Paul Cambo

Potemkine

Jacques Grétillat

Stanislas

Jean Témerson

Wanda Zalewska

Edmonde Guy

Delphin

Manuel Gary

Gaston Modot

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